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Vadan Alapas

Alapas

Is love pleasure, is love merriment? No, love is longing
constantly; love is persevering unweariedly; love is hoping pati-

ently; love is willing surrender; love is regarding constantly the

pleasure and displeasure of the beloved, for love is resignation
to the will of the possessor of one's heart; it is love that teaches

man: Thou, not I.

Love that ends, is the shadow of love; true love is without

beginning or end.

When He gives you a blow, He may give a blow even
by the hand of your most loving friend; and when He ca-

resses you, He may caress you by the hand of your bitterest
enemy.

Let courage be thy sword and patience be thy shield,

my soldier.

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