Quote#Love
It was ever his doctrine that we lose nothing of what is good and…
Quote byRobert Hugh Benson · 1871–1914
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The History of Richard Raynal, Solitary (1906), Ch. 3 (p. 59).
English (original)
It was ever his doctrine that we lose nothing of what is good and sweet in the past, and that we suck out of all things a kind of essence that abides with us always, and that every soul that loves is a treasure-house of all that she has ever loved. It is only the souls that do not love that go empty in this world and in saecula saeculorum.
— Robert Hugh Benson
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