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People who are sensible about love are incapable of it.
People who are sensible about love are incapable of it.
It has been wisely said that we cannot really love anybody at whom we never laugh.
It has been wisely said that we cannot really love anybody at whom we never laugh.
When you make a world tolerable for yourself, you make a world tolerable for others.
When you make a world tolerable for yourself, you make a world tolerable for others.
Love is the difficult realization that something other than oneself is real.
Love is the difficult realization that something other than oneself is real.
Mysterious love, uncertain treasure,
Hast thou more of pain or pleasure!
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Mysterious love, uncertain treasure,
Hast thou more of pain or pleasure!
. . . .
Endless torments dwell above thee:
Yet who would live, and live without thee!
To love is to place our happiness in the happiness of another.
To love is to place our happiness in the happiness of another.
I think what motivates people is not great hate, but great love for other people.
I think what motivates people is not great hate, but great love for other people.
Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of the Gods.
Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of the Gods.