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" Love is often nothing but a favorable exchange between two people who get the most of what they can expect, considering their value on the personality market. "

Erich Fromm

Love Is

Value

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Who

Brainy

" Who will tell whether one happy moment of love or the joy of breathing or walking on a bright morning and smelling the fresh air, is not worth all the suffering and effort which life implies. "

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" One cannot be deeply responsive to the world without being saddened very often. "

" Only the person who has faith in himself is able to be faithful to others. "

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Who