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Beauty can't amuse you, but brainwork -- reading, writing, thinking--can.
Beauty can't amuse you, but brainwork -- reading, writing, thinking--can.
To really know someone is to have loved and hated him in turn.
To really know someone is to have loved and hated him in turn.
Who finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor with the Lord.
Who finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor with the Lord.
It's not till sex has died out between a man and a woman that they can really love. And now read more
It's not till sex has died out between a man and a woman that they can really love. And now I mean affection. Now I mean to be fond of (as one is fond of oneself) --to hope, to be disappointed, to live inside the other heart. When I look back on the pain of sex, the love like a wild fox so ready to bite, the antagonism that sits like a twin beside love, and contrast it with affection, so deeply unrepeatable, of two people who have lived a life together (and of whom one must die) it's the affection I find richer. It's that I would have again. Not all those doubtful rainbow colors.
Nay, but Jack, such eyes! such eyes! so innocently wild! so bashfully irresolute! Not a glance but speaks and kindles read more
Nay, but Jack, such eyes! such eyes! so innocently wild! so bashfully irresolute! Not a glance but speaks and kindles some thought of love! Then, Jack, her cheeks! her cheeks, Jack! so deeply blushing at the insinuations of her tell-tale eyes! Then, Jack, her lips! O, Jack, lips smiling at their own discretion! and, if not smiling, more sweetly pouting -- more lovely in sullenness! Then, Jack, her neck! O, Jack, Jack!
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.
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.
When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit.
Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit.
