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Scratch a lover, and find a foe.
Scratch a lover, and find a foe.
You are my lover and I am your mistress and kingdoms and empires and governments have tottered and succumbed before read more
You are my lover and I am your mistress and kingdoms and empires and governments have tottered and succumbed before now to that mighty combination.
Love ceases to be a pleasure, when it ceases to be a secret.
Love ceases to be a pleasure, when it ceases to be a secret.
It is a beautiful trait in the lover's character, that they think no evil of the object loved.
It is a beautiful trait in the lover's character, that they think no evil of the object loved.
If it's true that men are such beasts, this must account for the fact that most women are animal lovers.
If it's true that men are such beasts, this must account for the fact that most women are animal lovers.
We waste time looking for the perfect lover, instead of creating the perfect love.
We waste time looking for the perfect lover, instead of creating the perfect love.
Romantic love is an illusion. Most of us discover this truth at the end of a love affair or else read more
Romantic love is an illusion. Most of us discover this truth at the end of a love affair or else when the sweet emotions of love lead us into marriage and then turn down their flames.
Only enemies speak the truth; friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty.
Only enemies speak the truth; friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty.
One seeks to make the loved one entirely happy, or, if that cannot be, entirely wretched.
One seeks to make the loved one entirely happy, or, if that cannot be, entirely wretched.
