Let no one be willing to speak ill of the absent.
Sextus PropertiusRead
No rival will steal away my sure love; that glory will be my gray hair.
Interpretation
This quote expresses unwavering love that remains unaffected by rivalry or competition.
Sextus Propertius's quote emphasizes the strength and constancy of genuine love, suggesting that no external threats or rivalries can diminish the bond he shares with his beloved. The notion that such glory will accompany him into old age highlights the enduring nature of love and its significance as a source of pride and fulfillment throughout life.
In practice
In a wedding speech to emphasize the strength of eternal love.
Let no one be willing to speak ill of the absent.
I cared more about your happiness than your knowing the truth, more for your peace of mind than my plan, more for your life than the lives that might be lost if the plan failed. In other words I acted exactly as Voldemort expects we fools who love to act.
The task is not to perfect yourself, it's to perfect your love.
The girl who I will marry will have a heart so wise that in the hollow of her eyes my heart will want to tarry. The girl who will be mine will have skin so soft and tender, and when it comes December, her skin will be my wine.
I understood how a man who has nothing left in this world may still know bliss, be it only for a brief moment, in the contemplation of his beloved. In a position of utter desolation, when a man cannot express himself in positive action, when his only achievement may consist in enduring his sufferings in the right way - an honorable way - in such a position man can, through loving contemplation of the image he carries of his beloved, achieve fulfillment.
Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don't know how to replenish its source. It dies of blindness and errors and betrayals. It dies of illness and wounds; it dies of weariness, of witherings, of tarnishings.
Poirot: Do not allow Hate into your heart, for it will make a home there._x000D_ _x000D_ Jackie: If Love cannot live there, Hate works just as well.
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