"It is difficult to get rid of..." - Quote by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
It is difficult to get rid of people when you once have given them too much pleasure.
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“The English have a scornful insular way Of calling the French light.”
“I love thee freely, as men strive for right. I love thee purely, as they turn from praise. I love thee with the passion put to use”
“She has seen the mystery hid Under Egypt's pyramid: By those eyelids pale and close Now she knows what Rhamses knows.”
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“When desire, having rejected reason and overpowered judgment which leads to right, is set in the direction of the pleasure which beauty can inspire, and when again under the influence of its kindred desires it is moved with violent motion towards the beauty of corporeal forms, it acquires a surname from this very violent motion, and is called love.”
“Let us drink for the replenishment of our strength, not for our sorrow”
“People will do more to avoid pain than they will do to gain pleasure.”