Ah, love, let us be true
To one another! for the world, which seems
To lie before us like a land of dreams,
So various, so beautiful, so new,
Hath really neither joy, nor love, nor light,
Nor certitude, nor peace, nor help for pain.

—Matthew Arnold, “Dover Beach” (1867)

#poetry #Quotestodon #quotopians #love #fidelity

The devil, who is cunning, took to hating man; man, who is even more cunning, took to loving woman. In this way, he did himself more good than the devil did him harm.

~ Les Miserables,
Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885)
#classics, #bookstodon #reading #quotestodon #quotopians #nigeria #9jastodon