The Fates, like an absent-minded printer, seldom allow a single line to stand perfect and unmarred.
George SantayanaTo call war the soil of courage and virtue is like calling debauchery the soil of love.
George SantayanaNot to believe in love is a great sign of dullness. There are some people so indirect and lumbering that they think all real affection rests on circumstantial evidence.
George Santayana