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The three eldest children of Necessity: God, the World and love.

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Art achieves all little things by absolute truth: but all her great things need some admixture of illusion.

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If Pity come as Pity, bid her stay; But if in guise of Love, chase her away.

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Trust Love, nor fear to soar upon his track. The wings that bore to Heaven will bear thee back.

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Every veil secretly desires to be lifted, except the veil of Hypocrisy.

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Love is wont to visit Man in the company of Desire; but Woman by himself.

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It is no wonder if Art frequently prefers Illusion to Truth: for Illusion is her servant, but Truth her mistress.

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In the religion of Love the courtesan is a heretic; but the nun is an atheist.

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Would the atheist continue such, let him beware how he admits Love into his breast: for God will surely come along with him.

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Then is Love blest, when from the cup of the body he drinks the wine of the soul.

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Wail not too wildly for expiring Love: The Love that dies was never quite alive.

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Richard B. Garnett

Richard B. Garnett

Born: November 21, 1817
Died: July 3, 1863 (aged 45)
Bio: Richard Brooke Garnett was a career United States Army officer and a Confederate general in the American Civil War.

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