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“A man's country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods, but it is a principle: and patriotism is loyalty to that principle. In poetic minds and in popular enthusiasm this feeling becomes closely associated with the soil and the symbols of the country. But the secret sanctification of the soil and the symbol is the idea which they represent, and this idea the patriot worships through the name and the symbol, as a lover kisses with rapture the glove of his mistress and wears a lock of her hair upon his heart.”

Source: On the principles and character of American institutions, and the duties of American citizens, 1856-1891

“Love is not feeling, child, nor even the passion of lovers, which always seeks only its own gratification. It is the act of caring, of giving, the act of protecting the weak, the helpless, the imprisoned and the desperate. Love is the hand raised in defence. You cannot love and keep your hands clean.”

Giving Children Feelings Hands Passion Love Is Lovers Weak Clean Raised Caring Desperate Helpless Altruism Gratification Defence Desperate Love

Book:James Miranda Barry

Source: James Miranda Barry

“I'm just a Westside lover, I leave females in my sheets and all my feelings in a rubber.”

Feelings Lovers Female Sheets Rubber Westside

Author:Big Sean

“Though your vulgarian does not readily admit that feelings can change overnight, certainly two lovers often part far more abruptly than they came together.”

Love Doe Two Feelings Together Lovers Two Lovers

Author:Honore de Balzac