Love
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One seeks to make the loved one entirely happy, or, if that cannot be, entirely wretched
In friendship we only see those faults which may be prejudicial to our friends. In love we see no faults but those by which we suffer ourselves
Love begins with love
The beginning and the end of love are both marked by embarrassment when the two find themselves alone
There is no disguise that can for long conceal love where it exists or simulate it where it does not
There are very few people who are not ashamed of having been in love when they no longer love each other
Love often leads on to ambition, but seldom does one return from ambition to love
It is with true love as it is with ghosts; everyone talks about it, but few have seen it
In love we often doubt what we most believe
If we are to judge of love by its consequences, it more nearly resembles hatred than friendship
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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
Human, All Too Human
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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