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“Economized love is never real love.”

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French novelist born on May 20, 1799, and died on August 18, 1850. Honore de Balzac is renowned for his profound insight and criticism of 19th-century French society, hailed as the 'father of modern fiction'. more

“Love gives us copious potions of delight, Of pain and ecstasy, and peace and care; Love leads us upward, to the mountain height, And, like an angel, stands beside us there; Then thrusts us, demon-like, in some abyss: Where, in the darkness of despair, we grope, Till, suddenly, Love greets us with a kiss And guides us back to flowery fields of hope.”

Source: Leafs On An Idle Breeze - My Inspirational Poems (Annotated Edition)

“Do not close your heart against all my efforts to help you.”

Love Heart Helping Effort Heart Love

Book:Oliver Twist, Volume 3 (of 3) (Illustrations)

Source: Oliver Twist, Volume 3 (of 3) (Illustrations)

“O skies, be calm! O winds, blow free - Blow all my ships safe home to me! But if thou sendest some a-wrack, To never more come sailing back, Send any - all that skim the sea, But bring my love-ship home to me.”

Ifs Love Heart Home Sea Sky Wind Safe Calm Blow Ships Sailing Heart Love

Book:Picked Poems

Source: Picked Poems

“Madame, all stories, if continued far enough, end in death, and he is no true-story teller who would keep that from you.”

Ifs Writing Ends Enough Stories Death Literature Afternoon Storyteller True Story Farewell To Arms

Book:The Hemingway Collection

Source: The Hemingway Collection

“Angels listen when she speaks; She's my delight, all mankind's wonder; But my jealous heart would break Should we live one day asunder.”

Love Should Heart Speak Wonder Break Mankind One Day Angel Delight Jealous Heart Love

Book:The Complete Poems of John Wilmot, the Earl of Rochester

Source: The Complete Poems of John Wilmot, the Earl of Rochester

“Being your slave what should I do but tend, Upon the hours, and times of your desire? I have no precious time at all to spend; Nor services to do till you require.”

Love Should Heart Desire Hours Slave Should I Sonnet Heart Love Precious Time Stepchildren

Author:William Shakespeare

“That god forbid, that made me first your slave, I should in thought control your times of pleasure, Or at your hand th' account of hours to crave, Being your vassal bound to stay your leisure.”

Love Should Firsts Heart Made Hands Hours Pleasure Accounts Slave Bounds Leisure Crave Heart Love

Book:Sonnets and Other Poems

Source: Sonnets and Other Poems

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