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If we only have love
We can reach those in pain
We can heal all our wounds
We can use our own names.

— Jacques Brel If Only We Have Love (1957)

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More quotes by Jacques Brel

If we only have love
Then tomorrow will dawn
And the days of our years
Will rise on that morn.

If Only We Have Love (1957)

Adieu, Francoise, it's hard to die
When all the birds are singing in the sky.

Seasons in the Sun (1961)

Adieu, Francoise, my trusted wife;
Without you I'd have had a lonely life.
You cheated lots of times but then,
I forgave you in the end
Though your lover was my friend.

Seasons in the Sun (1961)

If we only have love
Then we'll only be men
And we'll drink from the Grail
To be born once again —
Then with nothing at all
But the little we are
We'll have conquered all time
All space, the sun, and the stars.

If We Only Have Love (1957)

If we only have love
We will never bow down
We'll be tall as the pines
Neither heroes nor clowns.
If we only have love
Then we'll only be men
And we'll drink from the Grail
To be born once again;
Then with nothing at all
But the little we are
We'll have conquered all time
All space, the sun, and the stars!

If Only We Have Love (1957)

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