“Therefore the love which us doth bind,
But Fate so enviously debars,
Is the conjunction of the mind,
And opposition of the stars.”
The Definition of Love (1650-1652)
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English metaphysical poet and politician 1621–1678Related quotes
“Love's whole world on us doth wheel.”
Andrew Marvell (1621–1678) English metaphysical poet and politician
The Definition of Love (1650-1652)
Variant: Doubt thou the stars are fire
Doubt thou the sun doth move
Doubt truth to be a liar
But never doubt I love
Source: Hamlet
“And binding Nature fast in fate,
Left free the human will.”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) eighteenth century English poet
Stanza 3.
The Universal Prayer (1738)
“What binds us together is love, and only love. For love is a Person. Love is God.”
Catherine Doherty (1896–1985) Religious order founder; Servant of God
Sobornost (1977)
William Hope Hodgson book The Night Land
Source: The Night Land (1912), Chapter 17 (closing words)
“No freeman shall be debarred the use of arms [within his own lands].”
Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) 3rd President of the United States of America
within his own lands Draft Constitution for Virginia (June 1776) http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/jeffcons.asp This quote often appears with the parenthetical omitted and with the spurious extension, "The strongest reason for the people to retain their right to keep and bear arms is as a last resort to protect themselves against tyranny in government". (See "No freeman shall be debarred the use of arms" Quotation https://www.monticello.org/site/research-and-collections/no-freeman-shall-be-debarred-use-arms ( Archived https://web.archive.org/web/20200220105040/https://www.monticello.org/site/research-and-collections/no-freeman-shall-be-debarred-use-arms from the original on February 20, 2020) and Jefferson Encyclopedia "Strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms" Quotation http://www.monticello.org/site/jefferson/strongest-reason-people-to-retain-right-to-keep-and-bear-arms-quotation ( Archived https://web.archive.org/web/20200218101730/https://www.monticello.org/site/research-and-collections/strongest-reason-people-retain-right-keep-and-bear-arms-spurious from the original on February 20, 2020)) <br class="br">1770s
Anaïs Nin (1903–1977) writer of novels, short stories, and erotica
Source: The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 1: 1931-1934