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Words of Love - Quotes
A woman is always a mystery: one must not be fooled by her face and her heart's inspiration
And all for love, and nothing for reward
… if you love somebody, tell them
A kiss can beautify souls hearts and thoughts
A kiss makes the heart young again and wipes out the years
A lawful kiss is never worth a stolen one.
A lover without indiscretion is no lover at all
A man is not where he lives, but where he loves
A part of us remains where ever we have been
A part of you has grown in me. And so you see, it's you and me together forever and never apart, maybe in distance, but never in heart
Absence is to love what wind is to fire; it extinguishes the small, it inflames the great. ("Histoire amoureuse des Gaules")
Absence sharpens love, but presence strengthens it
And the trouble is if you don't risk anything, you risk even more
Come, let us make love deathless, thou and I
Don't ever frown because you never know who's falling in love with your smile
Each moment of a happy lover's hour is worth an age of dull and common life
Friendship at first sight, like love at first sight is said to be the only truth
I could do without many things with no hardship--you are not one of them
That cosmic allurement, or love, might just as well be called Eros ("desire"). Indeed, this is exactly how Plato understood the term. Eros is a deep longing for union. Even though Plato explained that Eros is midway between having and not having, it is implicit in desire that it seeks to gain possession of its valued object. Thus Eros has rightly been transcribed as "acquisitive love."
Nymphomania
Nymphomania is a layperson's term used to label a woman whose sex drive or sexual activity is subjectively deemed too high. This is not a scientifically meaningful term because there are no specific criteria defining how much sexual desire or activity is too much.
The clinical conditions that include the concept of high levels of sexual desire and/or activity are hypersexuality and sexual addiction or compulsivity.
The central features of these disorders are that sexual activity is an insatiable need, often interfering with other areas of everyday functioning; sex is impersonal, with no emotional intimacy; and despite frequent orgasms, sexual activity is generally not satisfying.
The label of nymphomania is used in a pejorative and derogatory manner, almost exclusively in reference to women. To many men, the idea of a woman with a greater sex drive than their own is somewhat threatening, so they may use the label to preserve their own egos by "proving" that the woman is abnormal.
Similarly, men with sexual dysfunction might accuse their partners of being oversexed in an effort to hide their own fears or sense of inadequacy, just as some women who object to the frequency of their partner's sexual advances might accuse him of being oversexed.
The difference is that the double standard which exists in our society congratulates a man who is highly sexed and has many partners, calling him a "stud", whereas a woman with the same behavior is often called a "nympho", which carries a negative connotation.
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