You May Also Like / View all maxioms
Love is a daily, mutual exchange of value.
Love is a daily, mutual exchange of value.
One sweet, sad secret holds my heart in thrall;
A mighty love within my breast has grown,
read more
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.]
We can only hate the person whom we love.
We can only hate the person whom we love.
For 'tis impossible
Hate to return with love.
[It., Che amar chi t'odia, ell'e impossibil cosa.]
For 'tis impossible
Hate to return with love.
[It., Che amar chi t'odia, ell'e impossibil cosa.]
A DEEP-SWORN VOW
Others because you did not keep
That deep-sworn vow have been friends of mine.
Yet always read more
A DEEP-SWORN VOW
Others because you did not keep
That deep-sworn vow have been friends of mine.
Yet always when I look death in the face,
When I clamber to the heights of sleep,
Or when I grow excited with wine,
Suddenly I meet your face.
A kiss makes the heart young again and wipes out the years.
A kiss makes the heart young again and wipes out the years.
Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, read more
Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity.
Any time not spent on love is wasted.
Any time not spent on love is wasted.
If we all discovered that we only had five minutes left to say all that we wanted to say, every read more
If we all discovered that we only had five minutes left to say all that we wanted to say, every telephone booth would be occupied by people calling other people to tell them that they loved them.