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It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore, and to see ships tost upon the sea: a pleasure to read more
It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore, and to see ships tost upon the sea: a pleasure to stand in the window of a castle, and to see a battle and the adventures thereof below: but no pleasure is comparable to standing upon the vantage ground of truth... and to see the errors, and wanderings, and mists, and tempests, in the vale below.
Tell me who admires you and loves you, and I will tell you who you are.
Tell me who admires you and loves you, and I will tell you who you are.
The fragrance always stays in the hand that gives the rose.
The fragrance always stays in the hand that gives the rose.
And what's romance? Usually, a nice little tale where you have everything As You Like It, where rain never wets read more
And what's romance? Usually, a nice little tale where you have everything As You Like It, where rain never wets your jacket and gnats never bite your nose and it's always daisy-time.
Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss, and ends with a teardrop.
Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss, and ends with a teardrop.
When you get married you forget about kissing other women.
When you get married you forget about kissing other women.
The force of truth that a statement imparts, then, its prominence among the hordes of recorded observations that I may read more
The force of truth that a statement imparts, then, its prominence among the hordes of recorded observations that I may optionally apply to my own life, depends, in addition to the sense that it is argumentatively defensible, on the sense that someone like me, and someone I like, whose voice is audible and who is at least notionally in the same room with me, does or can possibly hold it to be compellingly true.
A woman in love can't be reasonable--or she probably wouldn't be in love.
A woman in love can't be reasonable--or she probably wouldn't be in love.
Love means never having to say you're sorry.
Love means never having to say you're sorry.