El amor que no es todo dolor, no es todo amor.
Voces (1943)
El amor que no es todo dolor, no es todo amor.
Voces (1943)
From Anacreon, vii. Gold; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“Of all pains, the greatest pain
Is to love, and love in vain.”
The British Enchanters (1705), Act III, scene iii.
“Pains of love be sweeter far
Than all other pleasures are.”
Variant: Pains of love be sweeter far
Than all other pleasures are.
“All pain is a punishment, and every punishment is inflicted for love as much as for justice.”
"Fifth Dialogue," p. 149
St. Petersburg Dialogues (1821)
“One word
Frees us of all the weight and pain of life:
That word is love.”
Source: Oedipus at Colonus, Line 1616–18
Source: The Akhmatova Journals, Volume I: 1938-1941
Variant translation to modern English: I am that which is highest, I am that which is lowest, I am that which is ALL.
The Sixteenth Revelation, Chapter 72
Context: Thus is that Blissful Sight end of all manner of pain to the loving soul, and the fulfilling of all manner of joy and bliss. And that shewed He in the high, marvellous words where He said: I IT AM that is highest; I IT AM that is lowest; I IT AM that is ALL.
“The love that made Him to suffer passeth as far all His pains as Heaven is above Earth.”
The Ninth Revelation, Chapter 22
