"He reckoneth without his Hostesse. Love knoweth no lawes."

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"Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other."

— Dalai Lama XIV

Religion1935

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"The Pilgrim's sole consolation is in self-cultivation, and in the pleasures of the affections. This sympathy may be an indirect self-love, a reflection of the light of egotism: still it is so transfer…"

— Richard Francis Burton

Military1821–1890

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"We welcome passion, for the mind is briefly let off duty."

— Mignon McLaughlin

Journalism1913–1983

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Science1978

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