Romantic literature is in effect imaginative lying.
It is better to be beautiful than to be good. But... it is better to be good than to be ugly.
All the spring may be hidden in the single bud, and the low ground nest of the lark may hold the joy that is to herald the feet of many rose-red dawns.
It's beauty that captures your attention. personality which captures your heart.
Love is easily killed.
Through our sunless lanes creeps Poverty with her hungry eyes, and Sin with his sodden face follows close behind her. Misery wakes us in the morning and Shame sits with us at night.