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"Men value things in three ways: as useful, as pleasant or sources of pleasure, and as excellent, or as intrinsically admirable or honorable."
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"In English we must use adjectives to distinguish the different kinds of love for which the ancients had distinct names."
"Think how different human societies would be if they were based on love rather than justice. But no such societies have ever existed on earth."
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"Conjugal love, or the friendship of spouses, can persist even after sexual desires have weakened, withered, and disappeared."
"If you never ask yourself any questions about the meaning of a passage, you cannot expect the book to give you any insight you do not already possess."
"We acknowledge but one motive - to follow the truth as we know it, whithersoever it may lead us; but in our heart of hearts we are well assured that the truth which has made us free, will in the end make us glad also."
"Love consists in giving without getting in return; in giving what is not owed, what is not due the other. That's why true love is never based, as associations for utility or pleasure are, on a fair exchange."
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