There are two births: the one when light, First strikes the new awake… — William Cartwright

There are two births: the one when light, First strikes the new awakened sense; The other when two souls unite, And we must count our life from thence, When you loved me and I loved you, Then both of us were born anew.

William CartwrightDramatist · English · 1611 – 1643

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Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead. — Oscar Wilde
Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of. — Benjamin Franklin
The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather in spite of ourselves. — Victor Hugo
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The fool inherits, but the wise must get. — William Cartwright
Tell me not of joy: there's none Now my little sparrow's gone; He, just as you, Would toy and woo, He would chirp and flatter me, He would hang the wing awhile, Till at length he saw me smile, Lord! how sullen he would be! — William Cartwright