"Love begins like a triolet and ends..." - Quote by H L Mencken
Love begins like a triolet and ends like a college yell.
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“The martini: the only American invention as perfect as the sonnet.”
“Whenever A annoys or injures B on the pretense of saving or improving X, A is a scoundrel.”
“I never lecture, not because I am shy or a bad speaker, but simply because I detest the sort of people who go to lectures and don't want to meet them.”
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“I approach love differently now that I know it's hard for it to work out.”
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“The object of love is to serve, not to win”
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“Happiness is the china shop; love is the bull.”
“It happens all the time in heaven,And some dayIt will begin to happenAgain on earth -That men and women who are married,And men and men who areLovers,And women and womenWho give each otherLight,Often will get down on their kneesAnd while so tenderlyHolding their lover's hand,With tears in their eyes,Will sincerely speak, saying,My dear,How can I be more loving to you;How can I be more kind?”
“Between the daylight gambler and the player at night there is the same difference that lies between a careless husband and the lover swooning under his lady's window.”