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Nunc scio quit sit amor."
Lat., "Now I know what love is.
Nunc scio quit sit amor."
Lat., "Now I know what love is.
Love builds bridges where there are none.
Love builds bridges where there are none.
To fall in love is easy, even to remain in it is not difficult; our human loneliness is cause enough. read more
To fall in love is easy, even to remain in it is not difficult; our human loneliness is cause enough. But it is a hard quest worth making to find a comrade through whose steady presence one becomes steadily the person one desires to be.
To make pleasures pleasant shorten them.
To make pleasures pleasant shorten them.
Between truth and the search for it, I choose the second.
Between truth and the search for it, I choose the second.
Passion costs me too much to bestow it on every trifle.
Passion costs me too much to bestow it on every trifle.
Of all the tyrants the world affords,
Our own affections are the fiercest lords.
Of all the tyrants the world affords,
Our own affections are the fiercest lords.
Better to have loved a short man than never to have loved a tall.
Better to have loved a short man than never to have loved a tall.
Every trait of beauty may be referred to some virtue, as to innocence, candor, generosity, modesty, or heroism. St. Pierre read more
Every trait of beauty may be referred to some virtue, as to innocence, candor, generosity, modesty, or heroism. St. Pierre To cultivate the sense of the beautiful, is one of the most effectual ways of cultivating an appreciation of the divine goodness.
