• In love, unlike most other passions, the recollection of what you have had and lost is always better than what you can hope for in the future.

  Stendhal
  French writer (ps. of Marie Henri Beyle) 1783-1842
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. recollection
2. always
3. better
4. future

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In love, unlike most other passions, the recollection of what you have had and lost is always better than what you can hope for in the future. by : Stendhal

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