I understand by this passion the union of desire, friendship, and tenderness, which is inflamed by a single female, which prefers her to the rest of her sex, and which seeks her possession as the supreme or the sole happiness of our being.

Edward Gibbon
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  3. The saddest people I've ever met in life are the ones who don't care deeply about anything at all. Passion and satisfaction go hand in hand, and without them, any happiness is only temporary, because there's nothing to make it last. - Nicholas Sparks

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More Quotes By Edward Gibbon
  1. ... but I must reluctantly observe that two causes, the abbreviation of time, and the failure of hope, will always tinge with a browner shade the evening of life.

  2. Our work is the presentation of our capabilities.

  3. Every person has two educations, one which he receives from others, and one, more important, which he gives to himself.

  4. Books are those faithful mirrors that reflect to our mind the minds of sages and heroes.

  5. War, in its fairest form, implies a perpetual violation of humanity and justice.

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