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We cannot really love anybody with whom we never laugh.
We cannot really love anybody with whom we never laugh.
Those who love deeply never grow old.
Those who love deeply never grow old.
Compassion has no place in the natural order of the world which operates on the basis of necessity. Compassion opposes read more
Compassion has no place in the natural order of the world which operates on the basis of necessity. Compassion opposes this order and is therefore best thought of as being in some way supernatural.
We can do no great things; only small things with great love.
We can do no great things; only small things with great love.
Beauty is an outward gift, which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it has been refused.
Beauty is an outward gift, which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it has been refused.
Pleasure is a necessary reciprocal. No one feels, who does not at the same time give it. To be pleased, read more
Pleasure is a necessary reciprocal. No one feels, who does not at the same time give it. To be pleased, one must please. What pleases you in others, will in general please them in you.
Of all the tyrants the world affords,
Our own affections are the fiercest lords.
Of all the tyrants the world affords,
Our own affections are the fiercest lords.
Carve your name in hearts, not marble.
Carve your name in hearts, not marble.
In life, as in art, the beautiful moves in curves.
In life, as in art, the beautiful moves in curves.