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"In English we must use adjectives to distinguish the different kinds of love for which the ancients had distinct names."
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"Wellsted will remember this moment for the rest of his life. It is the first time he desires something for himself that is not dedicated to his own advancement. It is the moment he falls in love."
"Fear is the greatest enemy; the father of all suffering, and love is the only cure for humanity's great afflictions."
"It is a great joy to love and be loved."
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"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."
"It is love rather than sexual lust or unbridled sexuality if, in addition to the need or want involved, there is also some impulse to give pleasure to the persons thus loved and not merely to use them for our own selfish pleasure."
"One of the aims of sexual union is procreation - the creation by reproduction of an image of itself, of the union."
"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."
"The purpose of learning is growth, and our minds, unlike our bodies, can continue growing as we continue to live."
"You have to allow a certain amount of time in which you are doing nothing in order to have things occur to you, to let your mind think."
"I find the selectivity of erotic love - the choice of this man or this woman - much more intelligible if liking the person is the origin of sexual interest, rather than the other way."
"The ultimate end of education is happiness or a good human life, a life enriched by the possession of every kind of good, by the enjoyment of every type of satisfaction."
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