Ethereal Venus

⇡ Painting : "Salammbô" ― Gabriel Ferrier, 1880 ⇡
Fictional character of the Barca family, daughter of Hamilcar, sister of Hannibal. Inspired by Gustave Flaubert's eponymous book : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salammbô "Au lecteur / To the Reader" - https://fleursdumal.org/poem/099 ― Charles Baudelaire, french poem with english translation, from "Les Fleurs du Mal/The Flowers of Evil"

▶ Choose mind-blowing moments of delight and beauty with the precious true people.
« (...) And let your best be for your friend.
(...) Seek him always with hours to live.
For it is his to fill your need but not your emptiness.
And in the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. (...) »
― Kahlil Gibran, from "The Prophet - On Friendship " : https://poets.org/poem/friendship-1