Quote#Love
The three eldest children of Necessity: God, the World and love
Quote byRichard Garnett · 1835–1906
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: De Flagello myrteo..
English (original)
The three eldest children of Necessity: God, the World and love.
— Richard Garnett
You may also like
Were Love exempt from the militations of Necessity, he were greater than God and the World.
Sweet are the words of Love, sweeter his thoughts: Sweetest of all what Love nor says nor thinks.
Thou canst not pray to God without praying to Love, but mayest pray to Love without praying to God.
Love is God’s essence; Power but his attribute: therefore is his love greater than his power.
When Silence speaks for Love she has much to say.
Song like a rose should be; Each rhyme a petal sweet; For fragrance, melody, That when her lips repeat The words, her heart may know What secret makes them so:—
