best love poems ever

An election is coming. Universal peace is declared, and the foxes have a sincere interest in prolonging the lives of the poultry. ~George Eliot, Felix Holt, Chapter 5 (Thanks Julie!)



The problem with troubleshooting is that trouble shoots back. ~Author Unknown



Religion: A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable. ~Ambrose Bierce



The best portraits are perhaps those in which there is a slight mixture of caricature; and we are not certain that the best histories are not those in which a little of the exaggeration of fictitious narrative is judiciously employed. Something is lost in accuracy; but much is gained in effect. The fainter lines are neglected; but the great characteristic features are imprinted on the mind forever. ~Thomas Babington Macaulay, Machiavelli



Decisions become easier when your will to please God outweighs your will to please the world. ~Anso Coetzer



Fooey! The porchlight is burnt out, and I can't see whether it's dark outside or not. ~Dave Beard



God is less careful than General Motors, for He floods the world with factory rejects. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic's Notebook, 1960



I sometimes think one of the great blessings we shall enjoy in heaven, will be to receive letters by every post and never be obliged to reply to them. ~Washington Irving



The soul at its highest is found like God, but an angel gives a closer idea of Him. That is all an angel is: an idea of God. ~Meister Eckhart



I have gained and lost the same ten pounds so many times over and over again my cellulite must have deja vu. ~Jane Wagner



Unless one decorates one's house for oneself alone, best leave it bare, for other people are walleyed. ~D.H. Lawrence



I soothe my conscience now with the thought that it is better for hard words to be on paper than that Mummy should carry them in her heart. ~Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl



We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality. ~Albert Einstein



What we see depends mainly on what we look for. ~John Lubbock



Women gather together to wear silly hats, eat dainty food, and forget how unresponsive their husbands are. Men gather to talk sports, eat heavy food, and forget how demanding their wives are. Only where children gather is there any real chance of fun. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic's Notebook, 1960



Cessation of work is not accompanied by cessation of expenses. ~Cato the Elder



The summer night is like a perfection of thought. ~Wallace Stevens



Anyone who can handle a needle convincingly can make us see a thread which is not there. ~E.H. Gombrich, Art and Illusion, 1960



We are so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others that in the end we become disguised to ourselves. ~Francois Duc de La Rochefoucauld



Fish, to taste good, must swim three times: in water, in butter, and in wine. ~Proverb