"Youth's the season made for joys, Love is then our duty."

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Source : 'The Beggar's Opera' (1728) act 2, sc. 4, air 22

John Gay

#Love Quotes #Joy Quotes #Youth Quotes

“I wanted to wear the mantle and the pearls. I wanted to know the man who painted her like that.”

Source : Tracy Chevalier (2012). “Tracy Chevalier 3-Book Collection: Girl With a Pearl Earring, Remarkable Creatures, Falling Angels”, p.52, HarperCollins UK
“In a finite world this means that the per capita share of the world's goods must steadily decrease.”
“No one gets to their heaven without a fight.”
“Mark Kirk: Lied about going to war. Opposed middle class tax cuts. And said unemployment's not that big an issue.”
“Don't waste your time chasing butterflies. Mend your garden, and the butterflies will come.”
“This seems to me a philosophical question, and therefore irrelevant, question. A poet's destiny is to love.”
“You know why you hate me so much, Jeffery? Because I look the way you feel.”
“When we take time to quiet ourselves, we can all sense that our life could be lived with greater compassion and greater weakness.”

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