Quote by Mortimer Adler
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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Unless we love and are loved, each of us is alone, each of us is deeply lonely. – Mortimer Adler

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