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Ask not of me, love, what is love?
Ask what is good of God above;
Ask of read more
Ask not of me, love, what is love?
Ask what is good of God above;
Ask of the great sum what is light;
Ask what is darkness of the night;
Ask sin of what may be forgiven;
Ask what is happiness of heaven;
Ask what is folly of the crowd;
Ask what is fashion of the shroud;
Ask what is sweetness of thy kiss;
Ask of thyself what beauty is.
One sweet, sad secret holds my heart in thrall;
A mighty love within my breast has grown,
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One sweet, sad secret holds my heart in thrall;
A mighty love within my breast has grown,
Unseen, unspoken, and of no one known;
And of my sweet, who gave it, least of all.
[Fr., Ma vie a son secret, mon ame a son mystere:
Un amour eternel en un moment concu.
La mal est sans remede, aussi j'ai du le taire,
Et elle qui l'a fait n'en a jamais rien su.]
Love is the extra effort we make in our dealings with those whom we do not like and once you read more
Love is the extra effort we make in our dealings with those whom we do not like and once you understand that, you understand all. This idea that love overtakes you is nonsense. This is but a polite manifestation of sex. To love another you have to undertake some fragment of their destiny.
The giving of love is an education in itself.
The giving of love is an education in itself.
Wine comes in at the mouth And love comes in at the eye; That's all we shall know for truth read more
Wine comes in at the mouth And love comes in at the eye; That's all we shall know for truth Before we grow old and die.
Sometimes, two people have to fall apart to realize how much they need to fall back together.
Sometimes, two people have to fall apart to realize how much they need to fall back together.
Love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking outward together in the same direction.
Love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking outward together in the same direction.
Love and dignity cannot share the same abode.
Love and dignity cannot share the same abode.
People who are sensible about love are incapable of it.
People who are sensible about love are incapable of it.
