“The one claim I shall make for my own sex is that we love longest, when all hope is gone.”
Source: Persuasion
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Fruits of Solitude (1682), Part I
Context: Love is indeed Heaven upon Earth; since Heaven above would not be Heaven without it: For where there is not Love; there is Fear: But perfect Love casts out Fear. And yet we naturally fear most to offend what we most Love. What we Love, we'll Hear; what we Love, we'll Trust; and what we Love, we'll serve, ay, and suffer for too. If you love me says our Blessed Redeemer) keep my Commandments. Why? Why then he'll Love us; then we shall be his Friends; then he'll send us the Comforter; then whatsover we ask, we shall receive; and then where he is we shall be also, and that for ever. Behold the Fruits of Love; the Power, Vertue, Benefit and Beauty of Love! Love is above all; and when it prevails in us all, we shall all be Lovely, and in Love with God and one with another.
“When all the hope is gone, there is no reason for pessimism.”
Seven rounds with Aki Kaurismäki http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2012/apr/04/aki-kaurismaki-le-havre-interview?INTCMP=SRCH, Guardian 4 April 2012.
Guide for the Perplexed (c. 1190), Introduction
Opposing unreciprocated acts of chivalry and deference toward women.
Letter 15 (October 20, 1837).
Letters on the Equality of the Sexes and the Condition of Woman (1837)