"But science, like the spear of Achilles, can cure the wounds which herself inflicts."
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The Disentanglers by Andrew Lang
"What is love but a disease?"
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The Disentanglers by Andrew Lang
"The eagle suffers little birds to sing."
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Titus Andronicus by William Shakespeare
"Sorrow concealed, like an oven stopp'd,
Doth burn the heart to cinders where it is."
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Titus Andronicus by William Shakespeare
"These words are razors to my wounded heart."
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Titus Andronicus by William Shakespeare
"Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge."
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Titus Andronicus by William Shakespeare
The sky was a midnight-blue, like warm, deep, blue water, and the moon seemed to lie on it like a water-lily, floating forward with an invisible current.
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One of Ours by Willa Cather
Human love was a wonderful thing, he told himself, and it was most wonderful where it had least to gain.
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One of Ours by Willa Cather
Constantly just to herself, mind! This is the quality of true passion.
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Sandra Belloni by George Meredith
"A marriage without love is dishonour."
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Sandra Belloni by George Meredith
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