Existence Quote by Denis de Rougemont

“Romance only comes into existence where love is fatal, frowned upon and doomed by life itself.” quote by Denis de Rougemont — Download Open image

“Romance only comes into existence where love is fatal, frowned upon and doomed by life itself.”

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Animals do feel like us, also joy, love, fear and pain but they cannot grasp the spoken word. It is our obligation to take…

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“This peculiar connexion between a certain view of woman and the European conception of war has had profound consequences for morality, education, and politics.”

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Having fallen from the eternal, the Evil One's desires are endless, insatiable. Having fallen from pure Being, he is driven by the desire to…

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“So soon as passion goes beyond instinct and becomes truly itself, it tends to self self-description, either in order to justify or intensify its being, or else simply in order to keep going.”

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A life allied with mine, for the rest of our lives... that is the miracle of marriage.

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“The more a man is given to sentiment ,the more likely is he to be wordy and to speak well.”

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Social confusion has now reached a point at which the pursuit of immorality turns out to be more exhausting than compliance with the old…

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To love in the sense of passion-love is the contrary of to live. It is an impoverishment of one's being, an askesis without sequel,…

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One possessed a thousand and three women (in Spain alone), the other only one. But it is multiplicity that is impoverished, whilethe entire world…

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Passion and marriage are essentially irreconcilable. Their origins and their ends make them mutually exclusive. Their co-existence in our midst constantly raises insoluble problems,…

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What stirs lyrical poets to their finest flights is neither the delight of the senses nor the fruitful contentment of the settled couple; not…

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Love ceases to be a demon only when it ceases to be a god.

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