“He was one of that great class of Englishmen who love their wives and trust them unquestioningly with their money and their honour, but are apt to hedge a little over their motor-cars.”
Of Stephen Morris
Pilotage, ch. 5, p. 203
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“He who loves trusts the loved one unreservedly, and in all things.”
Act III., Scene III. — (Cornelio).
Translation reported in Harbottle's Dictionary of quotations French and Italian (1904), p. 261.
L’Alessandro (1544)

“The two great motors are Truth and Love.”
Source: Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry (1871), Ch. I : Apprentice, The Twelve-Inch Rule and Common Gavel, p. 1
Context: Intellect is to the people and the people's Force, what the slender needle of the compass is to the ship — its soul, always counselling the huge mass of wood and iron, and always pointing to the north. To attack the citadels built up on all sides against the human race by superstitions, despotisms, and prejudices, the Force must have a brain and a law. Then its deeds of daring produce permanent results, and there is real progress. Then there are sublime conquests. Thought is a force, and philosophy should be an energy, finding its aim and its effects in the amelioration of mankind. The two great motors are Truth and Love. When all these Forces are combined, and guided by the Intellect, and regulated by the Rule of Right, and Justice, and of combined and systematic movement and effort, the great revolution prepared for by the ages will begin to march. The Power of the Deity Himself is in equilibrium with His Wisdom. Hence only results HARMONY.

Political, Moral, and Miscellaneous Reflections (1750), Moral Thoughts and Reflections

In 'The Grand Boulevards' (of Paris), Piet Mondriaan, in 'De Groene Amsterdammer', 27 March 1920 pp. 4-5
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No. 54
Apophthegms (1624)

don't you?"
"The Age of Pastiche", p. 70.
Music, Ho! (1934)

Ch. 2.

“Forget the damned motor car and build the cities for lovers and friends.”
My Works and Days (1979)