"Then the lover, who is true and..." - Quote by Plato
Then the lover, who is true and no counterfeit, must of necessity be loved by his love.
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“Man is the plumeless genus of bipeds, birds are the plumed.”
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“You can only give away what you have inside. Become an instrument of love.”
“"Well, well!" said my aunt. "I only ask. I don't depreciate her. Poor little couple! And so you think you were formed for one another, and are to go through a party-supper-table kind of life, like two pretty pieces of confectionery, do you, Trot?"”
“Perfect love did that to a person, and this had been perfect.”
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“Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth.”
“When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers and for a time they seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall... think of it, always.”
“Who had deceived thee so often as thyself?”