The force of truth that a statement imparts, then, its prominence among the hordes of recorded observations that I may optionally apply to my own life, depends, in addition to the sense that it is argumentatively defensible, on the sense that someone like me, and someone I like, whose voice is audible and who is at least notionally in the same room with me, does or can possibly hold it to be compellingly true.
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Pleasure is a shadow, wealth is vanity, and power a pageant; but knowledge is ecstatic in enjoyment, perennial in frame, unlimited in space and indefinite in duration.
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.
Fair and softly goes far.
Fair and softly goes far.
We cannot really love anybody with whom we never laugh.
We cannot really love anybody with whom we never laugh.
Whatever separates you from the Truth, throw it away, it will vanish anyhow.-.
Whatever separates you from the Truth, throw it away, it will vanish anyhow.-.
I have said nothing because there is nothing I can say that would describe how I feel as perfectly as read more
I have said nothing because there is nothing I can say that would describe how I feel as perfectly as you deserve it.
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.
The essence of romantic love is that wonderful beginning, after which sadness and impossibility may become the rule.
The essence of romantic love is that wonderful beginning, after which sadness and impossibility may become the rule.
