Romantic love is an illusion. Most of us discover this truth at the end of a love affair or else when the sweet emotions of love lead us into marriage and then turn down their flames.

Quote by Thomas More

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Fond memory brings the light of other days around me.

Fond memory brings the light of other days around me.

'Tis the last rose of summer Left blooming alone; All her lovely companions Are faded...

'Tis the last rose of summer Left blooming alone; All her lovely companions Are faded...

My only books were woman's looks, and folly's all they've taught me.

My only books were woman's looks, and folly's all they've taught me.

The channel is known only to the natives; so that if any stranger should enter...

The channel is known only to the natives; so that if any stranger should enter...

Marriage is an Athenic weaving together of families, of two souls with their individual fates...

Marriage is an Athenic weaving together of families, of two souls with their individual fates...

And, indeed, though they differ concerning other things, yet all agree in this: that they...

And, indeed, though they differ concerning other things, yet all agree in this: that they...

Love is that enviable state that knows no envy or vanity, only empathy and a...

Love is that enviable state that knows no envy or vanity, only empathy and a...

I die the king's faithful servant, but God's first.

I die the king's faithful servant, but God's first.

They wonder much to hear that gold, which in itself is so useless a thing,...

They wonder much to hear that gold, which in itself is so useless a thing,...

Laws could be passed to keep the leader of a government from getting too much...

Laws could be passed to keep the leader of a government from getting too much...

Our emotional symptoms are precious sources of life and individuality.

Our emotional symptoms are precious sources of life and individuality.

Our emotional symptoms are precious sources of life and individuality.

Our emotional symptoms are precious sources of life and individuality.

And it will fall out as in a complication of diseases, that by applying a...

And it will fall out as in a complication of diseases, that by applying a...

See me safe up: for in my coming down, I can shift for myself.

See me safe up: for in my coming down, I can shift for myself.

Here bring your wounded hearts, here tell your anguish; Earth has no sorrow that Heaven...

Here bring your wounded hearts, here tell your anguish; Earth has no sorrow that Heaven...

If honor were profitable, everybody would be honorable.

If honor were profitable, everybody would be honorable.

The light, that lies In woman's eyes, Has been my heart's undoing.

The light, that lies In woman's eyes, Has been my heart's undoing.

Those among them that have not received our religion do not fright any from it,...

Those among them that have not received our religion do not fright any from it,...

The ordinary acts we practice every day at home are of more importance to the...

The ordinary acts we practice every day at home are of more importance to the...

I would uphold the law if for no other reason but to protect myself.

I would uphold the law if for no other reason but to protect myself.