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"Love, by its very nature, is unworldly, and it is for this
reason rather than its rarity that it is not only apolitical but anti-political, perhaps
the most powerful of all anti-political human forces."
Hannah Arendt 1906-1975, Philosopher
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#8 Freedom and love
How delicious is the winning
Of a kiss at love's beginning,
When two mutual hearts are sighing
For the knot there's no untying!
Yet remember, 'midst your wooing
Love has bliss, but Love has ruing;
Other smiles may make you fickle,
Tears for other charms may trickle.
Love he comes and Love he tarries
Just as fate or fancy carries;
Longest stays, when sorest chidden;
Laughs and flies, when press'd and bidden.
Bind the sea to slumber stilly,
Bind its odour to the lily,
Bind the aspen ne'er to quiver,
Then bind Love to last for ever.
Love's a fire that needs renewal
Of fresh beauty for its fuel;
Love's wing moults when caged and captured,
Only free, he soars enraptured.
Can you keep the bees from ranging,
Or the ringdove's neck from changing?
No! nor fetter'd Love from dying
In the knot there's no untying.
Thomas Campbell (1777-1844)
"Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies." Aristotle
(BC 384-322), Greek Philosopher
"Nuptial love makes mankind; friendly love perfects it; but wanton love corrupts and
debases it." Francis Bacon (1561-1626), British Philosopher
"You can give without loving, but you cannot love without giving." Amy
Carmichael 1867-? Irish Missionary
"Love means to love that which is unlovable; or it is no virtue at all."
Gilbert K. Chesterton 1874-1936, British Author
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"What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It
has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy. It has eyes to see misery and want. It has
the ears to hear the sighs and sorrows of men. That is what love looks like."
St. Augustine (354-430), Numidian-born Bishop
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