Adela Florence Nicolson
1863 - 1904
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Biography
Adela Florence Nicolson, pen name Laurence Hope, was an English poet and writer. She is best known for her collection of poems entitled 'Indian Love Lyrics', which gained widespread popularity. Nicolson's works often reflected the themes of love, passion, and exoticism, drawing inspiration from her time spent in British India with her husband, a British army officer.
Famous Quotes (5)
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When we are most deeply in love with someone, we cannot resist examining that person's virtues, for we delight in loving him better after we discover the good that is in him.
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All the great things of the world come from a passionate man. When a man loses passion, the world becomes emaciated.
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To be in love is merely to be in a state of perceptual anesthesia - to mistake an ordinary young man for a god.
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Love is the natural and the truthful expression of the heart.
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That Love makes all hard hearts gentle.