Collections on Ethics for All People

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On the Happiness of Marital Love.

What would our life be without love,
Which the Creator himself poured into our hearts?
Without it, our happiness would not be great,
If its beautiful impulses original: "schönen Triebe." In this context, "Triebe" refers to natural, God-given inclinations or movements of the soul toward affection, rather than base instincts.
Did not beat within us, did not guide us,
And did not spread joy and bliss original: "Seligkeit." This term carries a dual meaning of intense earthly happiness and spiritual or eternal blessedness. around us.

Yes, the Creator of our life saw this;
He weighed our happiness just as he did our hardship original: "Ungemach." Refers to the various troubles, discomforts, or adversities of human existence..