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The closer I'm bound in love to you, the closer I am to free.
The closer I'm bound in love to you, the closer I am to free.
The fragrance always stays in the hand that gives the rose.
The fragrance always stays in the hand that gives the rose.
She who makes her husband and her children happy, who reclaims the one from vice, and trains up the other read more
She who makes her husband and her children happy, who reclaims the one from vice, and trains up the other to virtue, is a much greater character than the ladies described in romance, whose whole occupation is to murder mankind with shafts from their quiver or their eyes.
Marriage is a matter of give and take, but so far I haven't been able to find anybody who'll take read more
Marriage is a matter of give and take, but so far I haven't been able to find anybody who'll take what I have to give.
The greater the truth the greater the libel.
The greater the truth the greater the libel.
I understand by this passion the union of desire, friendship, and tenderness, which is inflamed by a single female, which read more
I understand by this passion the union of desire, friendship, and tenderness, which is inflamed by a single female, which prefers her to the rest of her sex, and which seeks her possession as the supreme or the sole happiness of our being.
Love is like the measles. The older you get it, the worse the attack.
Love is like the measles. The older you get it, the worse the attack.
If you love somebody, let them go. If they return, they were always yours. If they don't, they never were.
If you love somebody, let them go. If they return, they were always yours. If they don't, they never were.
People need loving the most when they deserve it the least.
People need loving the most when they deserve it the least.
