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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Tell me who admires you and loves you, and I will tell you who you are.
Tell me who admires you and loves you, and I will tell you who you are.
It is unfortunate, considering that enthusiasm moves the world, that so few enthusiasts can be trusted to speak the truth.
It is unfortunate, considering that enthusiasm moves the world, that so few enthusiasts can be trusted to speak the truth.
Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. the foundation of such a read more
Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. the foundation of such a method is love.
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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!
Beauty is desired in order that it may be befouled; not for its own sake, but for the joy brought read more
Beauty is desired in order that it may be befouled; not for its own sake, but for the joy brought by the certainty of profaning it.
You don't love a woman because she is beautiful, but she is beautiful because you love her.
You don't love a woman because she is beautiful, but she is beautiful because you love her.
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As clouds are blown away by the wind, the thirst for material pleasures will be driven away by the utterance of the Lord's name.
There is only one kind of love, but there are a thousand imitations.
There is only one kind of love, but there are a thousand imitations.
