Do you not see how necessary a world of pains and troubles is to school an intelligence and make it a soul?
John KeatsRead
You are always new, the last of your kisses was ever the sweetest.
Interpretation
This quote suggests that every moment and every expression of love is unique and special.
John Keats expresses the idea that each experience of love and affection is fresh and profound, emphasizing the timeless nature of emotions in relationships. The comparison of kisses signifies that even if one has experienced many, the last kiss remains the most cherished and beautiful, highlighting the importance of being present in each moment of love.
In practice
This quote would be perfect for a wedding speech emphasizing the beauty of love in each moment.
Do you not see how necessary a world of pains and troubles is to school an intelligence and make it a soul?
Are there not thousands in the world who love their fellows even to the death, who feel the giant agony of the world, and more, like slaves to poor humanity, labor for mortal good?
Ask yourself my love whether you are not very cruel to have so entrammelled me, so destroyed my freedom. Will you confess this in the Letter you must write immediately, and do all you can to console me in it β make it rich as a draught of poppies to intoxicate me βwrite the softest words and kiss them that I may at least touch my lips where yours have been. For myself I know not how to express my devotion to so fair a form: I want a brighter word than bright, a fairer word than fair.
Faded the flower and all its budded charms,Faded the sight of beauty from my eyes,Faded the shape of beauty from my arms,Faded the voice, warmth, whiteness, paradise!Vanishd unseasonably
I think we may class the lawyer in the natural history of monsters.
...I leaped headlong into the Sea, and thereby have become more acquainted with the Soundings, the quicksands, and the rocks, than if I had stayed upon the green shore, and piped a silly pipe, and took tea and comfortable advice.
There are two basic motivating forces: fear and love.
Today I forgive all those who have ever offended me. I give my love to all thirsty hearts, both to those who love me and to those who do not love me.
Now everyone dreams of a love faithful and true, But you and I know what this world can do. So let's make our steps clear so the other may see. And I'll wait for you...should I fall behind wait for me.
The choice to be used as an instrument of love, right here, right now, is a choice for personal empowerment.
We have before us the glorious opportunity to inject a new dimension of love into the veins of our civilization.
It is too early to love. We will buy the right to do so by shedding blood.
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