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Absences are a good influence in love and keep it bright and delicate.
Absences are a good influence in love and keep it bright and delicate.
Let no one be willing to speak ill of the absent.
[Lat., Absenti nemo ne nocuisse velit.]
Let no one be willing to speak ill of the absent.
[Lat., Absenti nemo ne nocuisse velit.]
To be happy with a man you have to understand him a lot and love him less , but...to be read more
To be happy with a man you have to understand him a lot and love him less , but...to be happy with a woman you must love her a lot and never ever try to understand her !.
But when he (man) shall have been taken from sight, he quickly
goes also out of mind.
[Lat., read more
But when he (man) shall have been taken from sight, he quickly
goes also out of mind.
[Lat., Cum autem sublatus fuerit ab oculis, etiam cito transit a
mente.]
It is the passion that is in a kiss that gives to it its sweetness; it is the affection in read more
It is the passion that is in a kiss that gives to it its sweetness; it is the affection in a kiss that sanctifies it.
Marriage is that relation between man and woman in which the independence is equal, the dependence mutual, and the obligation read more
Marriage is that relation between man and woman in which the independence is equal, the dependence mutual, and the obligation reciprocal.
Nothing is poorer than a truth expressed as it was thought. Committed to writing in such cases, it is not read more
Nothing is poorer than a truth expressed as it was thought. Committed to writing in such cases, it is not even a bad photograph. Truth wants to be startled abruptly, at one stroke, from her self-immersion, whether by uproar, music or cries for help.
Absence doth sharpen love, presence strengthens it; the one brings fuel, the other blows it till it burns clear.
Absence doth sharpen love, presence strengthens it; the one brings fuel, the other blows it till it burns clear.
Error always addresses the passions and prejudices; truth scorns such mean intrigue, and only addresses the understanding and the conscience.
Error always addresses the passions and prejudices; truth scorns such mean intrigue, and only addresses the understanding and the conscience.