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- Patriotism having become one of our topicks, Johnson suddenly uttered, in a strong determined tone, an apophthegm, at which many will start: "Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel." But let it be considered that he did not mean a real and generous love of our country, but that pretended patriotism which so many, in all ages and countries, have made a cloak of self- interest.
- Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784), quoted in Boswell's Life of Johnson
- 'Tis better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all. - Alfred Lord Tennyson (1809 - 1892), In Memoriam, 1850, line 27, stanza 4
- But love is blind and lovers cannot see
The pretty follies that themselves commit; For if they could, Cupid himself would blush To see me thus transformed to a boy. - William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), The Merchant of Venice, Act II Scene 6
- When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will finally know peace.
- Jimi Hendrix (1942 - 1970)
- Alas my love you do me wrong,
To cast me of discurteously; And I have loved you so long, Delighting in your company. - Anonymous, Greensleeves
- For the sword outwears its sheath,
And the soul wears out the breast, And the heart must pause for breath, And love itself have rest. - Lord Byron (1788 - 1824)
- Love seeketh not itself to please,
Nor for itself hath any care, But for another gives its ease, And builds a Heaven in Hell's despair. - William Blake (1757 - 1827)
- So long as little children are allowed to suffer, there is no true love in this world.
- Isodore Duncan
- Clarity of mind means clarity of passion, too; this is why a great and clear mind loves ardently and sees distinctly what it loves.
- Blaise Pascal (1623 - 1662)
- Dignity and love do not blend well, nor do they continue long together.
- Ovid (43 BC - 17 AD)
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