"Love! Oh Love! Oh careless Love!" --William ChristopherHandy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Careless_Love
"Jesus was a real fighter. The best little scrapper, pound for pound, you ever saw. And why, gentlemen?
Love, gentlemen. Jesus had love in both fists. And what is love?
Love is the mornin' and the evenin' star that shines on the cradle of the babe....
Love is the inspiration of poets and philosophers. Love is the voice of music.
I'm talkin' about divine love, not carnal love."
-- ElmerGantry http://www.script-o-rama.com/movie_scripts/e/elmer-gantry-script-transcript-lancaster.html
"Love is the only bow on life's dark cloud. It is the Morning and the Evening Star. It shines upon the cradle of the babe, and sheds its radiance upon the quiet tomb. It is the mother of Art, inspirer of poet, patriot and philosopher. It is the air and light of every heart, builder of every home, kindler of every fire on every hearth. It was the first to dream of immortality. It fills the world with melody, for Music is the voice of Love. Love is the magician, the enchanter, that changes worthless things to joy, and makes right royal kings and queens of common clay. It is the perfume of the wondrous flower--the heart--and without that sacred passion, that divine swoon, we are less than beasts; but with it, earth is heaven and we are gods." Robert Ingersoll quoted in _Elmer Gantry_(1927) by Sinclair Lewis http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks03/0300851h.html
Hellenistic talkin':
http://amelo14.wordpress.com/1996/03/11/reflections-aristophanes-speech-in-platos-symposium/
http://paganpressbooks.com/jpl/SOCRATES.HTM
http://paganpressbooks.com/jpl/CROCHET.HTM
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