Reason is our soul's left hand, Faith her right, By these we reach divinity
John DonneRead
Love built on beauty, soon as beauty, dies.
Interpretation
True love transcends physical beauty; if love is based solely on appearance, it fades when beauty does.
This quote by John Donne highlights the transient nature of love that hinges solely on physical beauty. It conveys the idea that if a romantic relationship is built solely on superficial attributes, then it is likely to crumble once those attributes fade, suggesting that deeper emotional connections are essential for lasting love.
In practice
Using this quote at a wedding speech to emphasize the importance of deeper connections in marriage.
Reason is our soul's left hand, Faith her right, By these we reach divinity
All occasions invite His mercies, and all times are His seasons.
If poisonous minerals, and if that tree, Whose fruit threw death on else immortal us, If lecherous goats, if serpents envious Cannot be damned; alas; why should I be?
Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.
I call not that virginity a virtue, which resideth onely in the bodies integrity; much less if it be with a purpose of perpetually keeping it: for then it is a most inhumane vice. - But I call that Virginity a virtue which is willing and desirous to yield it self upon honest and lawfull terms, when just reason requireth; and until then, is kept with a modest chastity of body and mind.
And now good morrow to our waking souls, Which watch not one another out of fear; For love, all love of other sights controls, And makes one little room, an everywhere. Let sea-discoverers to new worlds have gone, Let maps to other, worlds on worlds have shown, Let us possess one world, each hath one, and is one.
You are like a hurricane, there's calm in your eyes, and I'm getting blown away.
One must learn to be a sponge if one wants to be loved by hearts that overflow.
If I said I was madly in love with you, I'd be lying and what's more, you'd know it.
Someday, when I'm awfully low, and the world is cold, I will feel a glow just thinking of you, and the way you look tonight.
Singing is the love of my life, but I was ready to give it all up because I couldn't handle people talking about how fat I was.
Joy is always an integral part of loving. There is joy in every act of life, no matter how menial or repetitive. To work in love is to work in joy. To live in love is to live in joy... Why not choose joy?... Why not live in joy?
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