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Men value things in three ways: as useful, as pleasant or sources of pleasure, and as excellent, or as intrinsically admirable or…
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One of the aims of sexual union is procreation - the creation by reproduction of an image of itself, of the union.
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Love consists in giving without getting in return; in giving what is not owed, what is not due the other. That's why…
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Unless we love and are loved, each of us is alone, each of us is deeply lonely.
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It is love rather than sexual lust or unbridled sexuality if, in addition to the need or want involved, there is also…
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When we ask for love, we don't ask others to be fair to us-but rather to care for us, to be considerate…
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Love can be unselfish, in the sense of being benevolent and generous, without being selfless.
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We are selfish when we are exclusively or predominantly concerned with the good for ourselves. We are altruistic when we are exclusively…
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You have to allow a certain amount of time in which you are doing nothing in order to have things occur to…
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If one wants another only for some self-satisfaction, usually in the form of sensual pleasure, that wrong desire takes the form of…
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Love without conversation is impossible.
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Not to engage in the pursuit of ideas is to live like ants instead of like men.
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The great authors were great readers, and one way to understand them is to read the books they read.
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The Librarian considered matters for a while. So…a dwarf and a troll. He preferred both species to humans. For one thing, neither…
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I am, really, a great writer; my only difficulty is in finding great readers.
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Wonderful suimbt, very informative. I wonder why the opposite specialists of this sector do not understand this. You must proceed your writing.…
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