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We call them dumb animals, and so they are, for they cannot tell us how they feel, but they do read more
We call them dumb animals, and so they are, for they cannot tell us how they feel, but they do not suffer less because they have no words.
Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
Fair words butter no parsnips.
Fair words butter no parsnips.
Words of affection, howsoe'er express'd,
The latest spoken still are deem'd the best.
Words of affection, howsoe'er express'd,
The latest spoken still are deem'd the best.
Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace.
Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace.
Be of good cheer about death and know this as a truth-- that no evil can happen to a good read more
Be of good cheer about death and know this as a truth-- that no evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death.
If, as I can't help suspecting, the dead also feel the pains of separation (and this may be one of read more
If, as I can't help suspecting, the dead also feel the pains of separation (and this may be one of their purgatorial sufferings), then for both lovers, and for all pairs of lovers without exception, bereavement is a universal and integral part of our experience of love.
Provoking, isn't it? that when one is most in need of sensible words, one finds them not.
Provoking, isn't it? that when one is most in need of sensible words, one finds them not.
