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Last updated on November 23, 2024.

Richard B. Garnett

Richard Brooke Garnett was a career United States Army officer and a Confederate general in the American Civil War. He was court-martialed by Stonewall Jackson for his actions in command of the Stonewall Brigade at the First Battle of Kernstown, and killed during Pickett's Charge at the Battle of Gettysburg.

November 21, 1817 - July 3, 1863

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In the religion of Love the courtesan is a heretic; but the nun is an atheist.

Richard B. Garnett

Richard B. Garnett

Wail not too wildly for expiring Love: The Love that dies was never quite alive.

Richard B. Garnett

Richard B. Garnett

Love is God's essence; Power but his attribute: therefore is his love greater than his power. — © Richard B. Garnett

Love is God's essence; Power but his attribute: therefore is his love greater than his power.

Richard B. Garnett

Richard B. Garnett

The three eldest children of Necessity: God, the World and love.

Richard B. Garnett

Richard B. Garnett

Trust Love, nor fear to soar upon his track. The wings that bore to Heaven will bear thee back.

Richard B. Garnett

Richard B. Garnett

Thou canst not pray to God without praying to Love, but mayest pray to Love without praying to God.

Richard B. Garnett

Richard B. Garnett

As the bud a leaf, so at last the thought becomes a word.

Richard B. Garnett

Richard B. Garnett

Life without Love is as a flower without fragrance.

Richard B. Garnett

Richard B. Garnett

Then is Love blest, when from the cup of the body he drinks the wine of the soul.

Richard B. Garnett

Richard B. Garnett

Were Love exempt from the militations of Necessity, he were greater than God and the World.

Richard B. Garnett

Richard B. Garnett

Love is wont to visit Man in the company of Desire; but Woman by himself.

Richard B. Garnett

Richard B. Garnett

Art achieves all little things by absolute truth: but all her great things need some admixture of illusion.

Richard B. Garnett

Richard B. Garnett

Every veil secretly desires to be lifted, except the veil of Hypocrisy.

Richard B. Garnett

Richard B. Garnett

Would the atheist continue such, let him beware how he admits Love into his breast: for God will surely come along with him.

Richard B. Garnett

Richard B. Garnett

It is no wonder if Art frequently prefers Illusion to Truth: for Illusion is her servant, but Truth her mistress.

Richard B. Garnett

Richard B. Garnett

If Pity come as Pity, bid her stay; But if in guise of Love, chase her away.

Richard B. Garnett

Richard B. Garnett

Passion is Love's blind guide, but the only one he hath. — © Richard B. Garnett

Passion is Love's blind guide, but the only one he hath.

Richard B. Garnett

Richard B. Garnett

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