2 In love thou madest Usas glow, in love thou madest Surya shine. 3 The heaven with streams of golden hue, earth with her tints of green and gold− 4 When born to life the golden Bull illumines all the realm of light. 5 The bright, the well−loved thunderbolt, girt with the bright, Indra disclosed,RV 44 (2) · Rig Veda · null
RV 44 (2)
Rig Veda · translated by Ralph T.H. Griffith
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For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for sinners also love those that love them.Luke 6:32 · Bible · Luke
From affection comes grief, from affection comes fear; he who is free from affection knows neither grief nor fear.Dhp 16.213 · Dhammapada · Pleasure
Say, (O Muhammad, to mankind): If ye love Allah, follow me; Allah will love you and forgive you your sins. Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.Quran 3:31 · Quran · The Family Of Imran
Then he: “O prince! allied in blood and fame, Dearer than all that own a brother’s name; Of all that Hecuba to Priam bore, Long tried, long loved: much loved, but honoured more! Since you, of all our numerous race alone Defend my life, regardless of your own.”Iliad 22.22 · Iliad · 22
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