The tragedy of love is indifference.

William Somerset Maugham

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Topic

Unrequited love Dangers of love Love

Speaker

Neilson

Author

William Somerset Maugham

Source

Red The Trembling of a Leaf

Medium

Short story

Language

English

Time

1921 1920s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

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United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Maugham. William Somerset. The Trembling of a Leaf: Little Stories of the South Sea Islands. George H. Doran Company, 1921.

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The opinions that are held with passion are always those for which no good ground exists; indeed the passion is the measure of the holder's lack of rational conviction. Opinions in politics and religion are almost always held passionately.

Bertrand Russell

On the Value of Scepticism

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Topic
Unfounded beliefs Beliefs

Author

Bertrand Russell
Source
On the Value of Scepticism Sceptical Essays
Medium
Essay
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
English
Time
1928 1920s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Russell, Bertrand. "On the Value of Skepticism." Sceptical Essays. George Allen and Unwin Ltd./W. W. Norton & Company, 1928.

Another quote about Love

Love to faults is always blind,
Always is to joy inclin'd,
Lawless, wing'd, and unconfin'd,
And breaks all chains from every mind.

William Blake

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Topic
Power of love Being in love Love

Author

William Blake
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1792 1790s 18th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Blake, William. Poem written in his notebook. c. 1792.

Current Citation

Blake, William. "Love to faults is always blind." William Blake: Selected Poems, edited by Nicholas Shrimpton. Oxford University Press, 2019.