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Oscar WildeMen always want to be a woman’s first love. What women like is to be a man’s last romance.

—  Oscar Wilde, 1854-1900, Irish writer

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Lao-TzuBeing deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.

—  Lao-Tzu, 6th cent. BC, Chinese philosopher

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Khalil GibranIf you love somebody, let them go, for if they return, they were always yours. If they don't, they never were.

—  Khalil Gibran, 1883-1931, Lebanese-American poet & philosopher

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H.L. MenckenLove is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.

—  H.L. Mencken, 1880-1956, American columnist & cultural critic

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Jean de La BruyèreTime, which strengthens friendship, weakens love.

—  Jean de La Bruyère, 1645-1696, French writer

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RumiWithout love, all worship is a burden, all dancing is a chore, all music is mere noise.

—  Rumi, 1207-1273, Persian mystic & poet

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Woody AllenThe difference between sex and love is that sex relieves tension and love causes it.

—  Woody Allen, 1935-, American actor & film director

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Oscar WildeOne should always be in love. That's the reason one should never marry.

—  Oscar Wilde, 1854-1900, Irish writer

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Sigmund FreudLove is a state of temporary psychosis.

—  Sigmund Freud, 1856-1939, Austrian psychologist, founder of psychoanalysis

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Mignon McLaughlinA successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.

—  Mignon McLaughlin, 1913-1983, American magazine editor

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Fyodor DostoyevskyTo be in love is not the same as loving. You can be in love with a woman and still hate her.

—  Fyodor Dostoyevsky, 1821-1881, Russian writer

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Franklin P. JonesLove doesn't make the world go round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile.

—  Franklin P. Jones, 1908-1980, American columnist

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RumiGoodbyes are only for those who love with their eyes. Because for those who love with heart and soul there is no such thing as separation.

—  Rumi, 1207-1273, Persian mystic & poet

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PlatoFor once touched by love, everyone becomes a poet.

—  Plato, 427-347 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher

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VoltaireLove is of all the passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart, and the body.

—  Voltaire, 1694-1778, French philosopher & writer

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Wolfgang GoetheIf I love you, what business is it of yours?

—  Wolfgang Goethe, 1749-1832, German poet & philosopher

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DanteLove insists the loved loves back.

—  Dante, 1265-1321, Italian poet

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Gabriel Garcia MarquezIf you love something, let it go. If it is yours, it will come back.

—  Gabriel Garcia Marquez, 1927-2014, Colombian writer

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Zsa Zsa GaborGetting divorced just because you don't love a man is almost as silly as getting married just because you do.

—  Zsa Zsa Gabor, 1917-2016, Hungarian-American actress

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Remy de GourmontWithout astonishment, there is no love; man and woman would have to be a perpetual surprise to each other.

—  Remy de Gourmont, 1858-1915, French poet

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Timothy LearyIf you listen to neurologists and psychiatrists, you'd never fall in love.

—  Timothy Leary, 1920-1996, American psychologist

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Mahatma GandhiThe day the power of love overrules the love of power, the world will know peace.

—  Mahatma Gandhi, 1869-1948, Indian leader of independence

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Oscar WildeThe mystery of love is greater than the mystery of death.

—  Oscar Wilde, 1854-1900, Irish writer

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Will DurantLove one another. My final lesson of history is the same as that of Jesus.

—  Will Durant, 1885-1981, American historian & philosopher

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Fyodor DostoyevskyForgive me... for my love –for ruining you with my love.

—  Fyodor Dostoyevsky, 1821-1881, Russian writer

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Louisa May AlcottLove is a great beautifier.

—  Louisa May Alcott, 1923-1888, American writer

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Jean de La BruyèreAnyone who has experienced a great love, does not care about friendship.

—  Jean de La Bruyère, 1645-1696, French writer

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Oscar WildeNothing spoils romance so much as a sense of humor in the woman.

—  Oscar Wilde, 1854-1900, Irish writer

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Rainer Maria RilkeWe need, in love, to practice only this: letting each other go. For holding on comes easily; we do not need to learn it.

—  Rainer Maria Rilke, 1875-1926, Czech-German poet

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Louisa May AlcottBe worthy love, and love will come.

—  Louisa May Alcott, 1923-1888, American writer

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Friedrich NietzscheThat which is done out of love is always beyond good and evil.

—  Friedrich Nietzsche, 1844-1900, German philosopher

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Victor HugoTo love another person is to see the face of God.

—  Victor Hugo, 1802-1885, French writer

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Paul ValeryLove is being stupid together.

—  Paul Valery, 1871-1945, French poet

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La RochefoucauldOne can find women who have never had one love affair, but it is rare indeed to find any who have had only one.

—  La Rochefoucauld, 1613-1680, French writer

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Robert FrostLove is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.

—  Robert Frost, 1874-1963, American poet

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Anton ChekhovPerhaps the feelings that we experience when we are in love represent a normal state. Being in love shows a person who he should be.

—  Anton Chekhov, 1860-1904, Russian writer

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William ShakespeareDoubt that the sun doth move, doubt truth to be a liar, but never doubt I love.

—  William Shakespeare, 1564-1616, English poet & playwright ‐ Hamlet

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Gabriel Garcia MarquezFor those who may be hurting over lost love: Don't cry because it is over... smile because it happened.

—  Gabriel Garcia Marquez, 1927-2014, Colombian writer

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Samuel JohnsonLove is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.

—  Samuel Johnson, 1709-1784, English writer

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Victor HugoThe greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved, loved for ourselves, or rather loved in spite of ourselves.

—  Victor Hugo, 1802-1885, French writer

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Friedrich NietzscheLove for life is still possible, only one loves differently: it is like love for a woman whom one does not trust.

—  Friedrich Nietzsche, 1844-1900, German philosopher

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Cyril ConnollyWe love but once, for once only are we perfectly equipped for loving.

—  Cyril Connolly, 1903-1974, British writer

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Jean-Paul SartreIn love, one and one are one.

—  Jean-Paul Sartre, 1905-1980, French philosopher

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John KeatsMy love is selfish. I cannot breathe without you.

—  John Keats, 1795-1821, English poet

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Francis BaconIt is impossible to love and be wise.

—  Francis Bacon, 1561-1626, English philosopher

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La RochefoucauldTrue love is like the appearance of ghosts: everyone talks about it but few have seen it.

—  La Rochefoucauld, 1613-1680, French writer

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Khalil GibranOne day you will ask me which is more important? My life or yours? I will say mine and you will walk away not knowing that you are my life.

—  Khalil Gibran, 1883-1931, Lebanese-American poet & philosopher

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Victor HugoThe first symptom of love in a young man is timidity; in a girl boldness.

—  Victor Hugo, 1802-1885, French writer

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Will DurantYou may think that's a lot of lollipop but just try it. Love is the most practical thing in the world.

—  Will Durant, 1885-1981, American historian & philosopher

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Bob MarleyThe biggest coward of a man is to awaken the love of a woman without the intention of loving her.

—  Bob Marley, 1945-1981, Jamaican singer

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Marcel ProustLove is space and time measured by the heart.

—  Marcel Proust, 1871-1922, French writer

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Rainer Maria RilkeLove consists in this, that two solitudes protect and touch and greet each other.

—  Rainer Maria Rilke, 1875-1926, Czech-German poet

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Théophile GautierTo love is to admire with the heart; to admire is to love with the mind.

—  Théophile Gautier, 1811-1872, French poet & writer

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Antoin de Saint-ExupéryReal love begins where nothing is expected in return.

—  Antoin de Saint-Exupéry, 1900-1940, French writer

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Edgar Allan PoeWe loved with a love that was more than love.

—  Edgar Allan Poe, 1809-1849, American writer

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Mignon McLaughlinNo one has ever loved anyone the way everyone wants to be loved.

—  Mignon McLaughlin, 1913-1983, American magazine editor

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AnonymousSomeday, someone will walk into your life and make you realize why it never worked out with anyone else.

—  Anonymous

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Emile M. CioranLosing love is so rich a philosophical ordeal that it makes a hairdresser into a rival of Socrates.

—  Emile M. Cioran, 1911-1995, French-Romanian philosopher

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Jules RenardLove is like an hourglass, with the heart filling up as the brain empties.

—  Jules Renard, 1864-1910, French writer

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NapoleonIn Love, victory goes to the man who runs away.

—  Napoleon, 1769-1821, French Emperor

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Marlen DietrichLove affairs are the real only education in life.

—  Marlen Dietrich, 1901-1992, German-American actress

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H.L. MenckenLove is the delusion that one woman differs from another.

—  H.L. Mencken, 1880-1956, American columnist & cultural critic

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Somerset MaughamThe love that lasts longest is the love that is never returned.

—  Somerset Maugham, 1874-1965, British writer

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Antonio PorchiaThey have stopped deceiving you, not loving you. And it seems to you that they have stopped loving you.

—  Antonio Porchia, 1885-1968, Italian-Argentinian poet

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Albert CamusI know of only one duty, and that is to love.

—  Albert Camus, 1913-1960, French writer, Nobel 1957

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Karl JungWhere love rules, there is no will to power; and where power predominates, there love is lacking. The one is the shadow of the other.

—  Karl Jung, 1875-1961, Swiss psychiatrist

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Sigmund FreudHow bold one gets when one is sure of being loved.

—  Sigmund Freud, 1856-1939, Austrian psychologist, founder of psychoanalysis

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Elbert HubbardLife in abundance comes only through great love.

—  Elbert Hubbard, 1856-1915, American writer

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Bob MarleyLove would never leave us alone.

—  Bob Marley, 1945-1981, Jamaican singer

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Bob MarleyYou may not be her first, her last, or her only. She loved before she may love again. But if she loves you now, what else matters?

—  Bob Marley, 1945-1981, Jamaican singer

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Zsa Zsa GaborLove should be an inspiration, not an obligation.

—  Zsa Zsa Gabor, 1917-2016, Hungarian-American actress

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Zsa Zsa GaborOne of my theories is that men love with their eyes; women love with their ears.

—  Zsa Zsa Gabor, 1917-2016, Hungarian-American actress

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RumiWherever you are, and whatever you do, be in love.

—  Rumi, 1207-1273, Persian mystic & poet

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Hermann HesseIf I know what love is, it is because of you.

—  Hermann Hesse, 1877-1962, German writer, Nobel 1946

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André FrossardA love that doesn't feel like eternity actually never started.

—  André Frossard, 1915-1995, French politician & essayist

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Ashleigh BrilliantThe difference between friendship and love is how much you can hurt each other.

—  Ashleigh Brilliant, 1933-, British cartoonist & epigrammatist

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José SaramagoTo love is probably the best way to have, to have is surely the worst way to love.

—  José Saramago, 1922-2010, Portuguese writer [Nobel 1998]

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Mignon McLaughlinGood-looking girls break hearts, and good-hearted girls mend them.

—  Mignon McLaughlin, 1913-1983, American magazine editor

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George EliotI like not only to be loved, but to be told I am loved.

—  George Eliot, 1819-1880, English writer

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William ShakespeareI am one who loved not wisely but too well.

—  William Shakespeare, 1564-1616, English poet & playwright ‐ Othello

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Jean-Paul SartreI love you very much, my dear Beaver.

—  Jean-Paul Sartre, 1905-1980, French philosopher

     (his last words to his partner Simone de Beauvoir)

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Vince LombardiHappy anniversary. I love you.

—  Vince Lombardi, 1913-1970, American football coach

     (last words to his wife)

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Benjamin DisraeliThe magic of first love is our ignorance that it can ever end.

—  Benjamin Disraeli, 1804-1881, British Prime Minister

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Mignon McLaughlinWhat we love about love is the fever, which marriage puts to bed and cures

—  Mignon McLaughlin, 1913-1983, American magazine editor

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Michel de MontaigneIf you press me to say why I loved him, I can say no more than it was because he was he, and I was I.

—  Michel de Montaigne, 1533-1592, French thinker

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Charles Caleb ColtonFriendship often ends in love; but love in friendship, never.

—  Charles Caleb Colton, 1780-1832, English cleric & writer

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Georg Christoph LichtenbergLove is blind, but marriage restores its sight.

—  Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, 1742-1799, German author of maxims

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Vincent Van GoghI feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people.

—  Vincent Van Gogh, 1853-1890, Dutch painter

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Vladimir NabokovIt was love at first sight, at last sight, at ever and ever sight.

—  Vladimir Nabokov, 1899-1977, Russian-American writer

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John KeatsLove is my religion - I could die for it.

—  John Keats, 1795-1821, English poet

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George Bernard ShawLove is an appetite which, like all other appetites, is destroyed for the moment by its gratification.

—  George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950, Irish writer, Nobel 1925

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Zig ZiglarIt is nobler to love the person next to you than to love mankind in general.

—  Zig Ziglar, 1926-2012, American self-help writer

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William ShakespeareSome Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps.

—  William Shakespeare, 1564-1616, English poet & playwright ‐ Much Ado about Nothing

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Wolfgang GoetheLove does not dominate, it cultivates. And that is more.

—  Wolfgang Goethe, 1749-1832, German poet & philosopher

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Somerset MaughamThere's always one who loves and one who lets himself be loved.

—  Somerset Maugham, 1874-1965, British writer

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Antonio PorchiaI love you as you are, but do not tell me how that is.

—  Antonio Porchia, 1885-1968, Italian-Argentinian poet

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G. K. ChestertonThere is the great lesson of “Beauty and the Beast,” that a thing must be loved before it is lovable.

—  G. K. Chesterton, 1874-1936, English writer & critic

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Jean AnouilhThere is love of course. And then there's life, its enemy.

—  Jean Anouilh, 1910-1987, French playwright

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Victor HugoLife is a flower of which love is the honey.

—  Victor Hugo, 1802-1885, French writer

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Victor HugoLife's greatest happiness is to be convinced we are loved.

—  Victor Hugo, 1802-1885, French writer

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Jacques LacanWhen one loves, it has nothing to do with sex.

—  Jacques Lacan, 1901-1981, French psychoanalyst

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Sigmund FreudWhoever loves becomes humble. Those who love have, so to speak, pawned a part of their narcissism.

—  Sigmund Freud, 1856-1939, Austrian psychologist, founder of psychoanalysis

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Elbert HubbardIf we ever damned it will not be because we have loved too much, but because we have loved too little.

—  Elbert Hubbard, 1856-1915, American writer

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William ShakespeareLove is heavy and light, bright and dark, hot and cold, sick and healthy, asleep and awake- it’s everything except what it is!

—  William Shakespeare, 1564-1616, English poet & playwright ‐ Romeo and Juliet

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Walt WhitmanWe were together. I forget the rest.

—  Walt Whitman, 1819-1892, American poet

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Bob MarleyWe don't need no trouble! What we need is love!

—  Bob Marley, 1945-1981, Jamaican singer

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Anton ChekhovThere is something beautiful, touching and poetic when one person loves more than the other, and the other is indifferent.

—  Anton Chekhov, 1860-1904, Russian writer

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Jean Jacques RousseauShe was dull, unattractive, couldn't tell the time, count money or tie her own shoe laces... But I loved her.

—  Jean Jacques Rousseau, 1712-1778, Swiss-French philosopher

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Zsa Zsa GaborTo be loved is a strength. To love is a weakness.

—  Zsa Zsa Gabor, 1917-2016, Hungarian-American actress

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Eleanor RooseveltIt takes courage to love, but pain through love is the purifying fire which those who love generously know.

—  Eleanor Roosevelt, 1884-1962, Wife of the 32nd USA president

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Marcel ProustLove is a striking example of how little reality means to us.

—  Marcel Proust, 1871-1922, French writer

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RumiLaugh as much as you breathe. Love as long as you live.

—  Rumi, 1207-1273, Persian mystic & poet

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Dr. Thomas FullerThere is more pleasure in loving than in being beloved.

—  Dr. Thomas Fuller, 1654-1734,  English physician and adage collector

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Fyodor DostoyevskyThey were like two enemies in love with one another.

—  Fyodor Dostoyevsky, 1821-1881, Russian writer

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Remy de GourmontThe little girl expects no declaration of tenderness from her doll. She loves it, and that’s all. It is thus that we should love.

—  Remy de Gourmont, 1858-1915, French poet

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Theodore AdornoLove you will find only where you may show yourself weak without provoking strength.

—  Theodore Adorno, 1903-1969, German philosopher

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Sri AurobindoMy love is not a hunger of the heart, My love is not a craving of the flesh; It came to me from God, to God returns.

—  Sri Aurobindo, 1872-1950, Indian nationalist, yogi & philosopher

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Alexandre DumasIn love, the one who doubts, accuses.

—  Alexandre Dumas, 1802-1870, French writer

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Alexandre Dumas, filsWe must love, no matter whom, no matter what, no matter how, provided only we do love.

—  Alexandre Dumas, fils, 1824-1895, French writer

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Gabriel Garcia MarquezIt's enough for me to be sure that you and I exist at this moment.

—  Gabriel Garcia Marquez, 1927-2014, Colombian writer

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Gabriel Garcia MarquezLove does not die, when someone gets old, people get old, because they can not love anymore.

—  Gabriel Garcia Marquez, 1927-2014, Colombian writer

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Søren KierkegaardLove believes all things and yet is never deceived.

—  Søren Kierkegaard, 1813-1855, Danish philosopher

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Gottfried LeibnitzTo love is to find pleasure in the happiness of others.

—  Gottfried Leibnitz, 1646-1716, German philosopher & mathematician

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William ShakespeareIf music be the food of love, play on.

—  William Shakespeare, 1564-1616, English poet & playwright ‐ Twelfth Night

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Marlen DietrichGrumbling is the death of love.

—  Marlen Dietrich, 1901-1992, German-American actress

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Vincent Van GoghWhoever loves much, performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is done well.

—  Vincent Van Gogh, 1853-1890, Dutch painter

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Marlen DietrichLover's words: “How beautiful you are, now that you love me.”

—  Marlen Dietrich, 1901-1992, German-American actress

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Arthur ClarkeIn my life I have found two things of priceless worth: learning and loving. Nothing else - not fame, not power, not achievement for its own sake - can possible have the same lasting value.

—  Arthur Clarke, 1917-2008, British Sci-Fi writer

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William ShakespeareBut love is blind, and lovers cannot see.

—  William Shakespeare, 1564-1616, English poet & playwright ‐ The Merchant of Venice

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Lawrence DurrellLove is like trench warfare - you cannot see the enemy, but you know he is there and that it is wiser to keep your head down.

—  Lawrence Durrell, 1912-1990, British writer

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Alfred TennysonIf I had a flower for every time I thought of you...I could walk through my garden forever.

—  Alfred Tennyson, 1809-1892, English poet

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MontesquieuNot to be loved is a misfortune, but it is an insult to be loved no longer.

—  Montesquieu, 1689-1755, French thinker

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Dr. Thomas FullerAbsence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.

—  Dr. Thomas Fuller, 1654-1734,  English physician and adage collector

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Joseph JoubertTenderness is the repose of passion.

—  Joseph Joubert, 1754-1824, French author of maxims

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Gustave FlaubertPoor little thing! She’s gasping for love like a carp on a kitchen table gasping for water.

—  Gustave Flaubert, 1821-1880, French writer

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Mignon McLaughlinWhen we first fall in love, we feel that we know all there is to know about life, and perhaps we are right.

—  Mignon McLaughlin, 1913-1983, American magazine editor

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Mignon McLaughlinWe all become great explorers during our first few days in a new city, or a new love affair.

—  Mignon McLaughlin, 1913-1983, American magazine editor

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Mignon McLaughlinWe are irritated by rascals, intolerant of fools, and prepared to love the rest. But where are they?

—  Mignon McLaughlin, 1913-1983, American magazine editor

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Pablo PicassoLove is the greatest refreshment in life.

—  Pablo Picasso, 1881-1973, Spanish painter

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Dorothy ParkerI was always sweet, at first. Oh, it's so easy to be sweet to people before you love them.

—  Dorothy Parker, 1893-1967, American writer, poet, satirist, critic

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George Bernard ShawFirst love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity.

—  George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950, Irish writer, Nobel 1925

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Somerset MaughamAs if a woman ever loved a man for his virtue.

—  Somerset Maugham, 1874-1965, British writer

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Somerset MaughamLove is what happens to men and women who don't know each other.

—  Somerset Maugham, 1874-1965, British writer

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Niccolò MachiavelliMen are driven by two principal impulses, either by love or by fear.

—  Niccolò Machiavelli, 1469-1527, Italian political philosopher

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John KeatsI have so much of you in my heart.

—  John Keats, 1795-1821, English poet

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Lord ByronLove will find a way through paths where wolves fear to prey.

—  Lord Byron, 1788-1824, British poet

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Lord ChesterfieldLove has been not unaptly compared to the small-pox, which most people have sooner or later.

—  Lord Chesterfield, 1694-1773, English statesman & writer

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Philip SidneyMy dear, my better half.

—  Philip Sidney, 1554-1586, English poet & courtier

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Charles Caleb ColtonIf you cannot inspire a woman with love of you, fill her above the brim with love of herself; all that runs over will be yours.

—  Charles Caleb Colton, 1780-1832, English cleric & writer

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Fernando PessoaIt's love that is inescapable.
Sex is the merest accident.

—  Fernando Pessoa, 1888-1935, Portuguese poet & writer

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La RochefoucauldIn jealousy there is more of self-love than love.

—  La Rochefoucauld, 1613-1680, French writer

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La RochefoucauldThere are some who never would have loved if they never had heard it spoken of.

—  La Rochefoucauld, 1613-1680, French writer

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Jean AnouilhLove is, above all, the gift of oneself.

—  Jean Anouilh, 1910-1987, French playwright

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Jean AnouilhI don't want people to love me. It makes for obligations.

—  Jean Anouilh, 1910-1987, French playwright

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H. Jackson Brown, Jr.Love is when the other person's happiness is more important than your own.

—  H. Jackson Brown, Jr., 1940-2021, American self-help writer

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Victor HugoLove is the foolishness of men, and the wisdom of God.

—  Victor Hugo, 1802-1885, French writer

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Helen RowlandA man falls in love through his eyes, a woman through her imagination, and then they both speak of it as an “affair of the heart”.

—  Helen Rowland, 1875-1950, American journalist & humorist

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Jacques LacanLove is giving something you don't have to someone who doesn't want it.

—  Jacques Lacan, 1901-1981, French psychoanalyst

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Jacques LacanTo love is basically the desire to be loved.

—  Jacques Lacan, 1901-1981, French psychoanalyst

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Sigmund FreudWe must begin to love in order not to fall ill.

—  Sigmund Freud, 1856-1939, Austrian psychologist, founder of psychoanalysis

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Sigmund FreudWe are never so defenseless against suffering as when we love.

—  Sigmund Freud, 1856-1939, Austrian psychologist, founder of psychoanalysis

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Henry David ThoreauLove must be as much a light as it is a flame.

—  Henry David Thoreau, 1817-1862, American writer

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Ernest HemingwayIf two people love each other, there can be no happy end to it.

—  Ernest Hemingway, 1899-1961, American writer, Nobel 1954

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Bob MarleyShe may not be the most popular or prettiest but if you love her and she makes you smile.. what else matters?

—  Bob Marley, 1945-1981, Jamaican singer

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Jean Jacques RousseauTo write a good love letter, you ought to begin without knowing what you mean to say, and to finish without knowing what you have written.

—  Jean Jacques Rousseau, 1712-1778, Swiss-French philosopher

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Arthur ClarkeWhen one has to ask, “Am I really in love?” the answer is always “No”.

—  Arthur Clarke, 1917-2008, British Sci-Fi writer

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Marcel ProustLove is a reciprocal torture.

—  Marcel Proust, 1871-1922, French writer

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RumiClose your eyes, fall in love, stay there.

—  Rumi, 1207-1273, Persian mystic & poet

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RumiLovers don’t finally meet somewhere. They’re in each other all along.

—  Rumi, 1207-1273, Persian mystic & poet

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RumiWhen you seek love with all your heart you shall find its echo in the universe.

—  Rumi, 1207-1273, Persian mystic & poet

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RumiLove is the water of life, jump into this water.

—  Rumi, 1207-1273, Persian mystic & poet

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E. M. ForsterShe loved him absolutely, perhaps for half an hour.

—  E. M. Forster, 1879-1970, British writer

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Antoin de Saint-ExupéryLove does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction.

—  Antoin de Saint-Exupéry, 1900-1940, French writer

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Milan KunderaYes, it's crazy. Love is either crazy or it's nothing at all.

—  Milan Kundera, 1929-2023, Czech writer

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Milan KunderaTwo people in love, alone, isolated from the world, that's beautiful.

—  Milan Kundera, 1929-2023, Czech writer

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François-René de ChateaubriandLove decreases when it stops growing.

—  François-René de Chateaubriand, 1768-1848, French poet & politician

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RumiYour task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.

—  Rumi, 1207-1273, Persian mystic & poet

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Duc de LevisOne can love more than once, but not the same person.

—  Duc de Levis, 1764-1830, French politician & author of maxims

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Karl LagerfeldThe only love that I really believe in is a mother’s love for her children.

—  Karl Lagerfeld, 1933-2019, German fashion designer

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Georges FeydeauIs it not more moral, the free union of two lovers who love each other, than the legitimate union of two beings without love?

—  Georges Feydeau, 1862-1921, French playwright

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John DrydenLove is love's reward.

—  John Dryden, 1631-1700, English poet

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Charles DickensI loved her against reason, against promise, against peace, against hope, against happiness, against all discouragement that could be.

—  Charles Dickens, 1812-1870, British writer

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Thomas à KempisA wise lover values not so much the gift of the lover as the love of the giver.

—  Thomas à Kempis, 1380-1471, German-Dutch priest & author

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Marlen DietrichLove for the joy of loving, and not for the offerings of someone else’s heart.

—  Marlen Dietrich, 1901-1992, German-American actress

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Vladimir NabokovI think it is all a matter of love; the more you love a memory the stronger and stranger it becomes.

—  Vladimir Nabokov, 1899-1977, Russian-American writer

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Alfred TennysonLife is brief but love is LONG.

—  Alfred Tennyson, 1809-1892, English poet

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Robert HeinleinLove is the condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.

—  Robert Heinlein, 1907-1988, American sci-fi writer

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Frank HerbertYou know it's love when you want to give joy and damn the consequences.

—  Frank Herbert, 1920-1986, American sci-fi writer

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Frida KahloTake a lover who looks at you like maybe you are magic.

—  Frida Kahlo, 1907-1954, Mexican painter

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Italo CalvinoIn love, as in gluttony, pleasure is a matter of the utmost precision.

—  Italo Calvino, 1923-1985, Italian writer

Cesare PaveseLife is pain and the enjoyment of love is an anesthetic.

—  Cesare Pavese, 1908-1950, Italian writer

Charles BukowskiIf you have the ability to love, love yourself first.

—  Charles Bukowski, 1920-1994, American writer

Thomas CarlyleA poet without love were a physical and metaphysical impossibility.

—  Thomas Carlyle, 1795-1881, English writer

Charles BukowskiOf course it’s possible to love a human being if you don't know them too well.

—  Charles Bukowski, 1920-1994, American writer

Gertrude SteinLove is the skillful audacity required to share an inner life.

—  Gertrude Stein, 1874-1946, American writer

Gertrude SteinHow prettily we swim. Not in water, not on land, but in love.

—  Gertrude Stein, 1874-1946, American writer

Bertrand RussellThe good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.

—  Bertrand Russell, 1872-1970, British philosopher

Bertrand RussellThree passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind.

—  Bertrand Russell, 1872-1970, British philosopher

Bertrand RussellLove should be a tree whose roots are deep in the earth, but whose branches extend into heaven.

—  Bertrand Russell, 1872-1970, British philosopher

Bertrand RussellOf all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.

—  Bertrand Russell, 1872-1970, British philosopher

Bertrand RussellThose who have never known the deep intimacy and the intense companionship of happy mutual love have missed the best thing that life has to give.

—  Bertrand Russell, 1872-1970, British philosopher

Charles DickensA loving heart is the truest wisdom.

—  Charles Dickens, 1812-1870, British writer

Charles DickensA man is lucky if he is the first love of a woman. A woman is lucky if she is the last love of a man.

—  Charles Dickens, 1812-1870, British writer

Lenny BruceThere are never enough “I love you’s”.

—  Lenny Bruce, 1925-1966, American comedian

George EliotWhat greater thing is there for two human souls than to feel that they are joined… to strengthen each other… to be one with each other in silent unspeakable memories.

—  George Eliot, 1819-1880, English writer

Odysseas ElytisIt’s bigamy to love and dream at the same time.

—  Odysseas Elytis, 1911-1996, Greek poet, Nobel 1979

Mother TeresaEven the rich are hungry for love, for being cared for, for being wanted, for having someone to call their own.

—  Mother Teresa, 1910-1997, Albanian-Indian nun & missionary

Honoré de BalzacIn love, there is always one who suffers and another who is bored.

—  Honoré de Balzac, 1799-1850, French writer

Honoré de BalzacPeople who are in love suspect nothing or everything.

—  Honoré de Balzac, 1799-1850, French writer

Honoré de BalzacLovers have a way of using this word “nothing” which implies exactly the opposite.

—  Honoré de Balzac, 1799-1850, French writer

Honoré de BalzacWhen women love, they forgive everything, even our crimes; when they do not love, they cannot forgive anything, not even our virtues.

—  Honoré de Balzac, 1799-1850, French writer

Edmond RostandI loved but once, yet twice I lose my love!

—  Edmond Rostand, 1868-1918, French playwright

     (“Cyrano de Bergerac”)

Rainer Maria RilkeLove is the unique opportunity to mature, to take shape, to become a world for the love of the loved one.

—  Rainer Maria Rilke, 1875-1926, Czech-German poet

Rainer Maria RilkeTo be loved means to be consumed. To love is to give light with inexhaustible oil. To be loved is to pass; to love is to last.

—  Rainer Maria Rilke, 1875-1926, Czech-German poet

Rainer Maria RilkeFor one human being to love another; that is perhaps the most difficult of all our tasks, the ultimate, the last test and proof, the work for which all other work is but preparation.

—  Rainer Maria Rilke, 1875-1926, Czech-German poet

Rainer Maria RilkeThe highest form of love is to be the protector of another person’s solitude.

—  Rainer Maria Rilke, 1875-1926, Czech-German poet

Rainer Maria RilkeYoung people, who are beginners in everything, cannot yet know love: they have to learn it.

—  Rainer Maria Rilke, 1875-1926, Czech-German poet

Rainer Maria RilkeYou who never arrived
in my arms, Beloved, who were lost
from the start,
I don't even know what songs
would please you.

—  Rainer Maria Rilke, 1875-1926, Czech-German poet

Jean de La BruyèreSudden love takes the longest time to be cured.

—  Jean de La Bruyère, 1645-1696, French writer

Graham GreeneLove had turned into “love affair” with a beginning and an end.

—  Graham Greene, 1904-1991, British writer

Graham GreeneI measured love by the extent of my jealousy.

—  Graham Greene, 1904-1991, British writer

Graham GreeneLike some wines our love could neither mature nor travel.

—  Graham Greene, 1904-1991, British writer

Graham GreeneIt’s a strange thing to discover and to believe that you are loved when you know that there is nothing in you for anybody but a parent or a God to love.

—  Graham Greene, 1904-1991, British writer

William MaxwellSatin and lace and brown velvet and the faint odor of violets. That was all which was left to him of his love.

—  William Maxwell, 1908-2000, American writer

William MaxwellLove, even of the most ardent and soul-destroying kind, is never caught by the lens of the camera.

—  William Maxwell, 1908-2000, American writer

Louise GlückIntense love always leads to mourning.

—  Louise Glück, 1943-, American poet, Nobel 2020

Anatole FranceYou learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to work by working; in just the same way, you learn to love by loving.

—  Anatole France, 1844-1924, French writer, Nobel 1921

Anatole FranceChristianity has done a lot for love by making it a sin.

—  Anatole France, 1844-1924, French writer, Nobel 1921

Terry PratchettAnd what would humans be without love?' RARE, said Death.

—  Terry Pratchett, 1948-2015, British writer

William FaulknerYou don’t love because: you love despite; not for the virtues, but despite the faults.

—  William Faulkner, 1897-1962, American writer, Nobel 1949

Marcel AchardLove is truly the most beautiful failure of intelligence.

—  Marcel Achard, 1899-1974, French playwright

Marcel AchardLove is always being worried about the other.

—  Marcel Achard, 1899-1974, French playwright

W.H. AudenDesire, even in its wildest tantrums, can neither persuade me it is love nor stop me from wishing it were.

—  W.H. Auden, 1907-1973, British poet

W.H. AudenIf equal affection cannot be, let the more loving be me.

—  W.H. Auden, 1907-1973, British poet

Robert Louis StevensonYou can give without loving, but you can never love without giving.

—  Robert Louis Stevenson, 1850-1894, Scottish writer

Sri AurobindoMy God is love and sweetly suffers all.

—  Sri Aurobindo, 1872-1950, Indian nationalist, yogi & philosopher

Sri AurobindoThe supreme state of human love is the unity of one soul in two bodies.

—  Sri Aurobindo, 1872-1950, Indian nationalist, yogi & philosopher

Erica JongBeing loved by the world is no substitute for having been loved by one person when you were small.

—  Erica Jong, 1942-, American writer

Erica JongBecause I loved myself, I was loved.

—  Erica Jong, 1942-, American writer

D. H. LawrenceMy God, these folks don't know how to love — that's why they love so easily.

—  D. H. Lawrence, 1885-1930, British writer

D. H. LawrenceThose that go searching for love only make manifest their own lovelessness, and the loveless never find love, only the loving find love, and they never have to seek for it.

—  D. H. Lawrence, 1885-1930, British writer

Hermann HesseOh, love isn’t there to make us happy. I believe it exists to show us how much we can endure.

—  Hermann Hesse, 1877-1962, German writer, Nobel 1946

Hermann HesseWhen you like someone, you like them in spite of their faults. When you love someone, you love them with their faults.

—  Hermann Hesse, 1877-1962, German writer, Nobel 1946

Hermann HesseHappiness is love, nothing else. A man who is capable of love is happy.

—  Hermann Hesse, 1877-1962, German writer, Nobel 1946

Joseph De MaistreWhat a miserable world! Trouble if we love, and trouble if we do not love.

—  Joseph De Maistre, 1753-1821, Savoyard diplomat & philosopher

Joseph De MaistreReason speaks in words alone, but love has a song.

—  Joseph De Maistre, 1753-1821, Savoyard diplomat & philosopher

Jorge Luis BorgesThere are those who seek the love of a woman to forget her, to not think about her.

—  Jorge Luis Borges, 1899-1986, Argentine writer

Jorge Luis BorgesTo fall in love is to create a religion that has a fallible god.

—  Jorge Luis Borges, 1899-1986, Argentine writer

Alexandre Dumas, filsTrue love always makes a man better, no matter who the woman is that inspires it.

—  Alexandre Dumas, fils, 1824-1895, French writer

Alexandre Dumas, filsLove is physics, marriage is chemistry.

—  Alexandre Dumas, fils, 1824-1895, French writer

André FrossardWho said love is blind? She is the only one who sees sharply: she discovers beauties where others do not notice.

—  André Frossard, 1915-1995, French politician & essayist

Henry MillerThe one thing we can never get enough of is love. And the one thing we never give enough is love.

—  Henry Miller, 1891-1980, American writer

Philip RothBecause that is when you love somebody – when you see them being game in the face of the worst. Not courageous. Not heroic. Just game.

—  Philip Roth, 1933-2018, American writer

Ashleigh BrilliantI don't need a great deal of love
but I do need a steady supply.

—  Ashleigh Brilliant, 1933-, British cartoonist & epigrammatist

Ashleigh BrilliantI will always love the false image I had of you.

—  Ashleigh Brilliant, 1933-, British cartoonist & epigrammatist

Søren KierkegaardIt is not where we breathe, but where we Love, that we live.

—  Søren Kierkegaard, 1813-1855, Danish philosopher

Lou Andreas-SaloméWhile no road leads from sensual love to spiritual love, many roads lead from the second to the first.

—  Lou Andreas-Salomé, 1861-1937, Russian-German writer & psychoanalyst

Lou Andreas-SaloméFor most, love is probably a form of greed; for the rest of mankind, it is the cult of a suffering and masked divinity.

—  Lou Andreas-Salomé, 1861-1937, Russian-German writer & psychoanalyst

Marty RubinWhen winter comes, wrap yourself in a blanket of love.

—  Marty Rubin, 1930-1994, Canadian gay activist, author & journalist

Marilyn MonroeI am good, but not an angel. I do sin, but I am not the devil. I am just a small girl in a big world trying to find someone to love.

—  Marilyn Monroe, 1926-1962, American actress

Marilyn MonroeA wise girl kisses but doesn't love, listens but doesn't believe, and leaves before she is left.

—  Marilyn Monroe, 1926-1962, American actress

Saul BellowA man is only as good as what he loves.

—  Saul Bellow, 1914-2005, Canadian-American writer, Nobel 1976

Edgar Allan PoeAnd all I loved, I loved alone.

—  Edgar Allan Poe, 1809-1849, American writer

Ray BradburyLove is the answer to everything. It's the only reason to do anything.

—  Ray Bradbury, 1920-2012, American sci-fi writer

Emily DickinsonTo love is so startling it leaves little time for anything else.

—  Emily Dickinson, 1830-1886, American poet

Frank A. ClarkA baby is born with a need to be loved – and never outgrows it.

—  Frank A. Clark, 1911-1991, American cartoonist

Nicolas ChamfortThere are more people who wish to be loved than there are who are willing to love.

—  Nicolas Chamfort, 1740-1794, French writer

Nicolas ChamfortIf you must love your neighbor as yourself, it is at least as fair to love yourself as your neighbor.

—  Nicolas Chamfort, 1740-1794, French writer

Nicolas ChamfortLove, says Plutarch, silences all other passions. He is the dictator before whom other passions disappear.

—  Nicolas Chamfort, 1740-1794, French writer

Frida KahloI love you more than my own skin.

—  Frida Kahlo, 1907-1954, Mexican painter

Frida KahloYou deserve a lover who takes away the lies and brings you hope, coffee, and poetry.

—  Frida Kahlo, 1907-1954, Mexican painter

Frida KahloFall in love with yourself, with life, and then with whoever you want.

—  Frida Kahlo, 1907-1954, Mexican painter

Frida KahloWhere you can't love, don't waste time.

—  Frida Kahlo, 1907-1954, Mexican painter

Milan KunderaThe emotion of love gives all of us a misleading illusion of knowing the other.

—  Milan Kundera, 1929-2023, Czech writer

Milan KunderaAt the end of true love is death, and only the love that ends in death is love.

—  Milan Kundera, 1929-2023, Czech writer

Milan KunderaNo love can survive muteness.

—  Milan Kundera, 1929-2023, Czech writer

Marguerite YourcenarAll terms about love have Greek etymology. Only sex doesn't have.

—  Marguerite Yourcenar, 1903-1987, French writer

Marguerite YourcenarLove is punishment. They punish us for not being able to be alone.

—  Marguerite Yourcenar, 1903-1987, French writer

Agatha ChristieIt is a curious thought, but it is only when you see people looking ridiculous that you realize just how much you love them.

—  Agatha Christie, 1890-1976, British writer

Francis Scott FitzgeraldI love her and that's the beginning and end of everything.

—  Francis Scott Fitzgerald, 1896-1940, American writer

Francis Scott FitzgeraldThere are all kinds of love in this world but never the same love twice.

—  Francis Scott Fitzgerald, 1896-1940, American writer

Susan SontagIt hurts to love. It's like giving yourself to be flayed and knowing that at any moment the other person may just walk off with your skin.

—  Susan Sontag, 1933-2004, American writer, critic, activist

Susan SontagBeing in Love means being willing to ruin yourself for the other person.

—  Susan Sontag, 1933-2004, American writer, critic, activist

StendhalI call “crystallization” that action of the mind that discovers fresh perfections in its beloved at every turn of events.

—  Stendhal, 1783-1842, French writer

StendhalOne-half, the finest half, of life is hidden from the man who does not love with passion.

—  Stendhal, 1783-1842, French writer

StendhalPeople happy in love have an air of intensity.

—  Stendhal, 1783-1842, French writer

StendhalIf you don’t love me, it does not matter, anyway I can love for both of us.

—  Stendhal, 1783-1842, French writer

StendhalLove is like fever; it comes and goes without the will having any part of the process.

—  Stendhal, 1783-1842, French writer

Nicolas Gomez DavilaThe Romantic love adds to history its third dimension.

—  Nicolas Gomez Davila, 1913-1994, Colombian writer

Ambrose BierceLove, n. A temporary insanity curable by marriage

—  Ambrose Bierce, 1842–1914, American writer

William FaulknerPerhaps they were right putting love into books. Perhaps it could not live anywhere else.

—  William Faulkner, 1897-1962, American writer, Nobel 1949

Charles BukowskiLove is all right for those who can handle the psychic overload. It's like trying to carry a full garbage can on your back over a rushing river of piss.

—  Charles Bukowski, 1920-1994, American writer

Cesare PaveseLove has the faculty of making two lovers seem naked, not in each other's sight, but in their own.

—  Cesare Pavese, 1908-1950, Italian writer

Bible Quotes

Epistles of PaulLove is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.

—  Epistles of Paul ‐ Corinthians 13:4

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Latin Quotes

SenecaIf you wish to be loved, love.

Si vis amari, ama.

—  Seneca, 5 AD-65 AD, Roman philosopher

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VirgilNow I know what Love is.

Nunc scio quid sit Amor.

—  Virgil, 70-19 BC, Roman poet

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VirgilLove conquers all.

Omnia vincit amor.

—  Virgil, 70-19 BC, Roman poet

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TerentiusLovers are lunatics.

Amantes sunt amentes.

—  Terentius, c. 185-159 BC, Roman comic playwright

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OvidIf you want to be loved, be lovable.

Ut ameris, amabilis esto.

—  Ovid, 43 BC-17 AD, Roman poet

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TerentiusLovers’ quarrels are the renewal of love.

Amantium irae amoris integratio est.

—  Terentius, c. 185-159 BC, Roman comic playwright

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VirgilLove is the same for all.

Amor omnibus idem.

—  Virgil, 70-19 BC, Roman poet

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TerentiusWithout Ceres and Bacchus, Venus freezes.

Sine Cerere et Baccho friget Venus.

—  Terentius, c. 185-159 BC, Roman comic playwright

     (meaning: without bread and wine, love freezes)

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Quotes in Verse

W.H. AudenI’ll love you, dear, I’ll love you
Till China and Africa meet,
And the river jumps over the mountain
And the salmon sing in the street.

—  W.H. Auden, 1907-1973, British poet

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Kostis PalamasI met Love
I have lived you now, Life!

—  Kostis Palamas, 1859-1943, Greek poet

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William BlakeLove seeketh only self to please,
To bind another to its delight,
Joys in another's loss of ease,
And builds a Hell in Heaven's despite.

—  William Blake, 1757-1827, English poet & painter

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Bob MarleyOne love, one heart,
Let's get together and feel alright.

—  Bob Marley, 1945-1981, Jamaican singer

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Alfred TennysonTis better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all.

—  Alfred Tennyson, 1809-1892, English poet

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Alfred TennysonWho is wise in love, love most, say least.

—  Alfred Tennyson, 1809-1892, English poet

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Odysseas ElytisEverything I love is born unceasingly
Everything I love is always at the beginning.

—  Odysseas Elytis, 1911-1996, Greek poet, Nobel 1979

Louise GlückEven before you touched me,
I belonged to you;
all you had to do was look at me.

—  Louise Glück, 1943-, American poet, Nobel 2020

Louise GlückFrom the beginning of time, in childhood, I thought that pain meant I was not loved. It meant I loved.

—  Louise Glück, 1943-, American poet, Nobel 2020

W.H. AudenHe was my North, my South, my East and West,
My working week and my Sunday rest,
My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song;
I thought that love would last forever: I was wrong.

—  W.H. Auden, 1907-1973, British poet

Emily DickinsonTill it has loved, no man or woman can become itself.

—  Emily Dickinson, 1830-1886, American poet

Funny Quotes

Fran LebowitzIf you can stay in love for more than two years, you’re on something.

—  Fran Lebowitz, 1951-, American journalist & writer

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Phyllis DillerI always wondered how I could tell when the right one came along - but it was easy. He was the only one that came along.

—  Phyllis Diller, 1917-2012, American comedian

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Ancient Greek

DiogenesDiogenes said that love is an occupation for the lazy.

Διογένης τον έρωτα είπε σχολαζόντων ασχολίαν.

—  Diogenes, 410-323 BC, Ancient Greek Cynic philosopher

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PlatoThe madness of love is the greatest of the blessings of the gods.

Επ᾽ ευτυχία τη μεγίστη παρά θεών η τοιαύτη μανία [ο έρως] δίδοται.

—  Plato, 427-347 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher

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EuripidesLove of course teaches poetry, even to those who had no idea about poetry before.

Ποιητήν δ’ άρα Έρως διδάσκει, καν άμουσος ή το πριν.

—  Euripides, 480-406 BC, Ancient Greek tragedian

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Proverbs

English proverbWhen poverty comes in at the door, love flies out of the window.

—  English proverb

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French proverbLove is friendship without the wings.

—  French proverb

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English proverbLove makes the world go round.

—  English proverb

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Movie Quotes

In a Lonely Place (1950)I was born when she kissed me. I died when she left me.
I lived a few weeks while she loved me.

—  from the film In a Lonely Place (1950)

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The Wizard of Oz (1939)A heart is not judged by how much you love, but by how much you are loved by others.

—  from the film The Wizard of Oz (1939)

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A Place in the Sun (1951)I love you. I've loved you since the first moment I saw you. I guess maybe I've even loved you before I saw you.

—  from the film A Place in the Sun (1951)

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Love Story (1970)Love means never having to say you're sorry.

—  from the film Love Story (1970)

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