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To commit the least possible sin is the law for man. To live without sin is the dream of an angel. Everything terrestrial is subject to sin. Sin is a ...more

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These two beings, who had loved each other so exclusively, and with so touching a love, and who had lived so long for each other, were now suffering b...more

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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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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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Make thought a whirlwind.

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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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Melancholy is the happiness of being sad.

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To love beauty is to see light.

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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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A shadow is hard to seize by the throat and dash to the ground.

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Love is the only future God offers.

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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