“To witness two lovers is a spectacle for the gods.” LoveTwoLiteratureLoversWitnessLove And MarriageTwo LoversFalse Witness Author:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“"Mine ain't a selfish affection, you know," said Mr. Toots, in the confidence engendered by his having been a witness of the Captain's tenderness. "It's the sort of thing with me, Captain Gills, that if I could be run over - or - or trampled upon - or - or thrown off a very high place -or anything of that sort - for Miss Dombey's sake, it would be the most delightful thing that could happen to me."” IfsKnowsLoveSaidHappensWould BeRunningMissingMinesSakeAffectionSelfishWitnessIf I CouldThrownTendernessCaptainsDelightfulHigh PlacesDelightful Things Book:Works Source: Works
“The first promise exchanged by two beings of flesh was at the foot of a rock that was crumbling into dust; they took as witness for their constancy a sky that is not the same for a single instant; everything changed in them and around them, and they believed their hearts free of vicissitudes. O children! always children!” LoveFirstsHeartChildrenTwoTimeChangeFeetSkyRocksChangedPromiseFleshDustWitnessInstantThings ChangeConstancyChildren LoveCrumblingVicissitudes Author:Denis Diderot