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Love consists in giving without getting in return in giving what i

Love consists in giving without getting in return in giving what is not owed, what is not due the other. Thats why true love is never based, as associations for utility or pleasure are, on a fair exchange. – Mortimer Adler

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When we ask for love, we dont ask others to be fair to us-but rather to care for us, to be considerate of us. There is a world of difference here between demanding justice… and begging or pleading for love. – Mortimer Adler

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