“In love the only safety is in flight.”
Napoleon I of France (1769–1821) French general, First Consul and later Emperor of the French
Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)
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James Montgomery (1771–1854) British editor, hymn writer, and poet
The Issues of Life and Death.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
Susan Sontag (1933–2004) American writer and filmmaker, professor, and activist
Source: As Consciousness is Harnessed to Flesh: Journals and Notebooks, 1964-1980
“Life has two wings : one, sorrow; one, delight;
Love gives it pinions, God directs its flight.”
Francesco Dall'Ongaro (1808–1873) Italian poet, playwright and librettist
Translation reported in Harbottle's Dictionary of quotations French and Italian (1904), p. 308.
Original: (it) Ha due ali la vita : il gaudio e il duolo;
L’amor la impenna, e Dio dirige il volo.
Original: (it) Stornelli, "Una Vedova ad una Sjéosa".
Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802–1838) English poet and novelist
The Golden Violet - The Child of the Sea
The Golden Violet (1827)
“All my life l have sought the essence of flight. Flight — what bliss.”
Constantin Brâncuși (1876–1957) French-Romanian artist
Brâncuși cited in: Des Moines Art Center, Terry Ann R. Neff (1998) An Uncommon Vision. p. 66
H.L. Mencken (1880–1956) American journalist and writer
Source: 1910s, Prejudices, First Series (1919), Ch. 16