"I do not love thee, Sabidius, nor can I say why; this only I can say, I do not love thee."

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“The mode of death is sadder than death itself.”

“Neither fear your death's day nor long for it.”

“You ask what a nice girl will do? She won't give an inch, but she won't say no.”

“Stop abusing my verses, or publish some of your own.”

“Divisum sic breve fiet opus.”

“He who refuses nothing...will soon have nothing to refuse.”

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"All the concessions we make to Eros are holes in our desire for the absolute."

— Emil Cioran

Philosophy1911–1995

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"Love of our Blessed Mother was so frequently referred to by members of the underground Church. I could not help but think of how her heart, pierced seven times historically because of the innocent suf…"

— Mark Miravalle

Politics1959

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"A husband and wife ought to continue so long united as they love each other. Any law which should bind them to cohabitation for one moment after the decay of their affection, would be a most intolerab…"

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

Literature1792–1822

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"Then came the political campaign of 1920 with its bitter personal feuds, as a result of which the real underlying issues were obscured by passion, misrepresentation and downright falsehood."

— Kirby Page

Politics1890–1957

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