
“The truth is cruel, but it can be loved, and it makes free those who have loved it.”
Source: Little Essays (1921), p. 107
Odes, XXIX. (XXVII.), 1.
“The truth is cruel, but it can be loved, and it makes free those who have loved it.”
Source: Little Essays (1921), p. 107
“Is God a cruel bastard or what, to make love so painful?”
Source: The Graveyard Game (2001), Chapter 7, “London, 2026” (p. 65)
“What mean and cruel things men can do for the love of God.”
"1901", p. 67
A Writer's Notebook (1946)
“Of all pains, the greatest pain
Is to love, and love in vain.”
The British Enchanters (1705), Act III, scene iii.
Book II, line 1
Translations, Orlando Furioso of Ludovico Ariosto (1773)