"First love is a kind of vaccination which saves a man from catching the complaint the second time." ― Honore de Balzac Topic(s): Time Tags: first More From Honore de Balzac "A grocer is attracted to his business by a magnetic force as great as the repulsion which renders it odious to artists." "Nobody loves a woman because she is handsome or ugly, stupid or intelligent. We love because we love." "There is something great and terrible about suicide." More In Time "Any time you got nothing to do – and lots of time to do it – come on up."― Mae West "What then is time? If no one asks me, I know what it is. If I wish to explain it to him who asks, I do not know."― Saint Augustine "We are drowning in information, while starving for wisdom. The world henceforth will be run by synthesizers, people able to put together the right information at the right time, think critically about it, and make important choices wisely."― E. O. Wilson