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The mind is no match with the heart in persuasion; constitutionality is no match with compassion.
The mind is no match with the heart in persuasion; constitutionality is no match with compassion.
Gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love.
Gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love.
There is a time for all things -- except marriage my dear.
There is a time for all things -- except marriage my dear.
Man may dismiss compassion from his heart, but God never will.
Man may dismiss compassion from his heart, but God never will.
Is there any one maxim which ought to be acted upon throughout one's whole life? Surely the maxim of loving read more
Is there any one maxim which ought to be acted upon throughout one's whole life? Surely the maxim of loving kindness is such: Do not unto others what you would not they should do unto you.
Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get, it's what you are expected to give -- read more
Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get, it's what you are expected to give -- which is everything.
If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding read more
If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. {2} If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. {3} If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing. {4} Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. {5} It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. {6} Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. {7} It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. {8} Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. {9} For we know in part and we prophesy in part, {10} but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears. {11} When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me. {12} Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known. {13} And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
A few observation and much reasoning lead to error; many observations and a little reasoning to truth.
A few observation and much reasoning lead to error; many observations and a little reasoning to truth.
What ever beauty may be, it has for its basis order, and for its essence unity.
What ever beauty may be, it has for its basis order, and for its essence unity.