Anniversary Quotes
There is no anniversary collection behind this page. It is put together from the pages on love, marriage, romance and time, then sorted by quality, so what comes up first is whatever those four pages rate highest.
Expect poems and passages from novels more than card lines. Some of the best material here only works with the sentences around it, which is why each quote links to its own page with the source and the notes. If you plan to put one in print, check the flag first: a line marked misattributed is fine to enjoy and risky to credit.
My wife, my child, my music, Nature and the sun; they are my happiness.
The actualising of God through the medium of the love song remains my prime motivation as an artist.
Wisdom is the understanding of celestial things to which the Spirit is brought by Love.
There is no happiness in love, except at the end of an English novel.
It is man's duty to love and to fear God, even without hope of reward or fear of punishment.
Love can be founded upon nature only; or the appearance of it.
Of all the affections which attend human life, the love of glory is the most ardent.
If we love God while thinking that he does not exist, he will manifest his existence.