It is majestic, this love affair of ours, so powerful and regal. It is the kind of love that fairtales are born of. The kind that often ends in tragedy.
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one, health is preserved, strength... JOSEPH ADDISON In doing what we ought we deserve no praise, because it is our
duty. JOSEPH ADDISON Thanks to the gods! my boy has done his duty. JOSEPH ADDISON The dawn is overcast, the morning lowers,
And heavily in clouds brings on the day,
The great, ... JOSEPH ADDISON When love once pleads admission to our hearts,
(In spite of all the virtue we can boast),
The ... JOSEPH ADDISON