Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941) Bengali polymath
27 <br class="br"> The Gardener http://www.spiritualbee.com/love-poems-by-tagore/ (1915)
Source: To a God Unknown
Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941) Bengali polymath
27 <br class="br"> The Gardener http://www.spiritualbee.com/love-poems-by-tagore/ (1915)
“I feel that books, just like people, have a destiny. Some invite sorrow, others joy, some both.”
Elie Wiesel (1928–2016) writer, professor, political activist, Nobel Laureate, and Holocaust survivor
Francesco Petrarca Il Canzoniere
Non è sí duro cor che, lagrimando,
pregando, amando, talor non si smova,
né sí freddo voler, che non si scalde.
Canzone 265, st. 4
Il Canzoniere (c. 1351–1353), To Laura in Death
Thomas Moore (1779–1852) Irish poet, singer and songwriter
In the morning of life, when its cares are unknown, st. 2 <br class="br"> Irish Melodies http://www.musicanet.org/robokopp/moore.html (1807–1834)
“A friendship that like love is warm;
A love like friendship, steady.”
Thomas Moore (1779–1852) Irish poet, singer and songwriter
How shall I woo?
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“When people see a strong horse and a weak horse, by nature they will like the strong horse.”
Osama bin Laden (1957–2011) founder of al-Qaeda
Video interview, quoted in Analyzing Leaders, Presidents and Terrorists by Diane E. Holloway page 325 https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Jc7CY1yV1g8C&pg=PA325, with NPR transcript https://www.npr.org/news/specials/response/investigation/011213.binladen.transcript.html (9 November 2001) <br class="br">2000s, 2002
“There is no sorrow like a love denied
Nor any joy like love that has its will.”
Richard Hovey (1864–1900) American writer
Act i. Sc. 3.
The Marriage of Guenevere (1891)