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"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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"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."
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"Conjugal love, or the friendship of spouses, can persist even after sexual desires have weakened, withered, and disappeared."
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"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."
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