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There is no man at once so unselfish and selfish as a man in love. ”
A man may do worse than make what the world calls a not wholly happy marriage. ”
To the mass of mankind - meaning also womankind - marriage may be the only possible thing; but to the individual, it may be the one thing impossible. ”
Love must precede hatred, and nothing is hated save through being contrary to a suitable thing which is loved. And hence it is that every hatred is caused by love. ”
Love is a binding force, by which another is joined to me and cherished by myself. ”
Perfection of moral virtue does not wholly take away the passions, but regulates them. ”
The things that we love tell us what we are. ”
Well-ordered self-love is right and natural. ”
Temperance is simply a disposition of the mind which binds the passion. ”
How can we live in harmony? First we need to know we are all madly in love with the same God. ”