"...unless the exchange be in love and..." - Quote by Khalil Gibran
...unless the exchange be in love and kindly justice, it will but lead some to greed and others to hunger.
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“Marriage is like a temple resting on two pillars. If they come too close to each other the temple will collapse.”
“When life does not find a singer to sing her heart she produces a philosopher to speak her mind.”
“Learn the words of wisdom uttered by the wise and apply them in your own life. Live them - but do not a make a show of reciting them, for he who repeats what he does not understand is no better than an ass loaded with books.”
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“The laws that stopped blacks from voting were the worst, because they prevented blacks from voting someone into parliament who could change the other laws. Even though the blacks were the majority of the population, they were still not getting a say.”
“That Cabot merely landed on the uninhabitable shore of Labrador gave the English no just title to New England, or to the United States generally, any more than to Patagonia.”
“That old law about 'an eye for an eye' leaves everybody blind. The time is always right to do the right thing.”
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“O friend, my bosom said,Through thee alone the sky is arched.Through thee the rose is red;All things through thee take nobler form,And look beyond the earth,The mill-round of our fate appearsA sun-path in thy worth.Me too thy nobleness has taughtTo master my despair;The fountains of my hidden lifeAre through thy friendship fair.”
“There lives at least one being who can never change-one being who would be content to devote his whole existence to your happiness-who lives but in your eyes-who breathes but in your smiles-who bears the heavy burden of life itself only for you.”
“Lovers ever run before the clock”