Richard B. Garnett quotes
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“Life without Love is as a flower without fragrance.”
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“Trust Love, nor fear to soar upon his track. The wings that bore to Heaven will bear thee back.”
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“Every veil secretly desires to be lifted, except the veil of Hypocrisy.”
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“Would the atheist continue such, let him beware how he admits Love into his breast: for God will surely come along with him.”
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“Art achieves all little things by absolute truth: but all her great things need some admixture of illusion.”
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“It is no wonder if Art frequently prefers Illusion to Truth: for Illusion is her servant, but Truth her mistress.”
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“Were Love exempt from the militations of Necessity, he were greater than God and the World.”
-- Richard B. GarnettSource : "De Flagello myrteo". Book by Richard B. Garnett, 1905.
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“Thou canst not pray to God without praying to Love, but mayest pray to Love without praying to God.”
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“Love is God's essence; Power but his attribute: therefore is his love greater than his power.”
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“The three eldest children of Necessity: God, the World and love.”
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“As the bud a leaf, so at last the thought becomes a word.”
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“Love is wont to visit Man in the company of Desire; but Woman by himself.”
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“If Pity come as Pity, bid her stay; But if in guise of Love, chase her away.”
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“Passion is Love's blind guide, but the only one he hath.”
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“Wail not too wildly for expiring Love: The Love that dies was never quite alive.”
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“Then is Love blest, when from the cup of the body he drinks the wine of the soul.”
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“In the religion of Love the courtesan is a heretic; but the nun is an atheist.”
-- Richard B. Garnett
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