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Dear God! how beauty varies in nature and art. In a woman the flesh must be like marble in a statue the marble must be like flesh.

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The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved -- loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves.

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What is history? An echo of the past in the future a reflex from the future on the past.

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Does there exist an Infinity outside ourselves? Is that infinity One, immanent and permanent, necessarily having substance, since He is infinite and i...more

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The greatest happiness in life is the conviction that we are loved - loved for ourselves or rather loved in spite of ourselves.

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First of all, I wish you love, and that by loving you may also be loved.But if it’s not like that, be brief in forgettingAnd after you’ve forgotten, d...more

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Good night! Good night!Far flies the light;But still God's loveShall shine above,Making all bright,Good night! Good night!

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To love another person is to see the face of God.

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To love beauty is to see light.

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Death has its revelations: the great sorrows which open the heart open the mind as well; light comes to us with our grief. As for me, I have faith; I ...more

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You who suffer because you love, love still more. To die of love, is to live by it.

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The power of a glance has been so much abused in love stories, that it has come to be disbelieved in. Few people dare now to say that two beings have ...more

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If people did not love one another, I really don't see what use there would be in having any spring.

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When love has fused and mingled two beings in a sacred and angelic unity, the secret of life has been discovered so far as they are concerned; they ar...more

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Promise to give me a kiss on my brow when I am dead. --I shall feel it."She dropped her head again on Marius' knees, and her eyelids closed. He though...more