Love
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Life is the flower for which love is the honey
I met in the street a very poor young man who was in love. His hat was old, his coat worn, his cloak was out at the elbows, the water passed through his shoes - and the stars through his soul
There is no rapture in the love which is prompted by esteem; such affection is lasting, not passionate
The first symptom of true love in a young man is timidity, in a girl it is boldness. The two sexes have a tendency to approach, and each assumes the qualities of the other
Our hours in love have wings; in absence, crutches
Where there is love there is life
Love never claims, it ever gives. Love ever suffers, never resents never revenges itself
Who loves, raves
Like the measles, love is most dangerous when it comes late in life
You must make a lover angry if you wish him to love
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
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On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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