love quotes

“True love makes the thought of death frequent, easy, without terrors; it merely becomes the standard of comparison, the price one would pay for many things.”

— Stendhal

“Love has always been the most important business in my life, I should say the only one. ”

— Stendhal

“To be loved at first sight, a man should have at the same time something to respect and something to pity in his face.”

— Stendhal

“In love, unlike most other passions, the recollection of what you have had and lost is always better than what you can hope for in the future.”

— Stendhal

“The pleasures of love are always in proportion to our fears.”

— Stendhal

“Friendship has its illusions no less than love”

— Stendhal

“The more a race is governed by its passions, the less it has acquired the habit of cautious and reasoned argument, the more intense will be its love of music. ”

— Stendhal

“Power, after love, is the first source of happiness.”

— Stendhal

“A woman knows the face of the man she loves as a sailor knows the open sea. ”

— Honore de Balzac

“When women love us, they forgive us everything, even our crimes; when they do not love us, they give us credit for nothing, not even our virtues. ”

— Honore de Balzac

“Love is the poetry of the senses. ”

— Honore de Balzac

“The fact is that love is of two kinds, one which commands, and one which obeys. The two are quite distinct, and the passion to which the one gives rise is not the passion of the other.”

— Honore de Balzac

“A lover always thinks of his mistress first and himself second; with a husband it runs the other way.”

— Honore de Balzac

“The motto of chivalry is also the motto of wisdom; to serve all, but love only one.”

— Honore de Balzac

“The more one judges, the less one loves.”

— Honore de Balzac

“Women are tenacious, and all of them should be tenacious of respect; without esteem they cannot exist; esteem is the first demand that they make of love.”

— Honore de Balzac

“It is as absurd to say that a man can't love one woman all the time as it is to say that a violinist needs several violins to play the same piece of music.”

— Honore de Balzac

“True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself. It is equal and pure, without violent demonstrations: it is seen with white hairs and is always young in the heart. ”

— Honore de Balzac

“Between the daylight gambler and the player at night there is the same difference that lies between a careless husband and the lover swooning under his lady's window.”

— Honore de Balzac

“Great love affairs start with Champagne and end with tisane.”

— Honore de Balzac

“First love is a kind of vaccination which saves a man from catching the complaint the second time.”

— Honore de Balzac

love quotes

“Landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed. ”

“Friends show their love in times of trouble. ”

“He is not a lover who does not love forever. ”

“Down on your knees, and thank heaven, fasting, for a good man's love. ”

“Love is all we have, the only way that each can help the other.”

“A very small degree of hope is sufficient to cause the birth of love.”

“If you don't love me, it does not matter, anyway I can love for both of us.”

“People happy in love have an air of intensity.”

“A forty-year-old woman is only something to men who have loved her in her youth.”

“True love makes the thought of death frequent, easy, without terrors; it merely becomes the standard of comparison, the price one would pay for many things.”

“Love has always been the most important business in my life, I should say the only one. ”

“To be loved at first sight, a man should have at the same time something to respect and something to pity in his face.”

“In love, unlike most other passions, the recollection of what you have had and lost is always better than what you can hope for in the future.”

“The pleasures of love are always in proportion to our fears.”

“Friendship has its illusions no less than love”

“The more a race is governed by its passions, the less it has acquired the habit of cautious and reasoned argument, the more intense will be its love of music. ”

“Power, after love, is the first source of happiness.”

“A woman knows the face of the man she loves as a sailor knows the open sea. ”

“When women love us, they forgive us everything, even our crimes; when they do not love us, they give us credit for nothing, not even our virtues. ”

“Love is the poetry of the senses. ”

“The fact is that love is of two kinds, one which commands, and one which obeys. The two are quite distinct, and the passion to which the one gives rise is not the passion of the other.”

“A lover always thinks of his mistress first and himself second; with a husband it runs the other way.”

“The motto of chivalry is also the motto of wisdom; to serve all, but love only one.”

“The more one judges, the less one loves.”

“Women are tenacious, and all of them should be tenacious of respect; without esteem they cannot exist; esteem is the first demand that they make of love.”

“It is as absurd to say that a man can't love one woman all the time as it is to say that a violinist needs several violins to play the same piece of music.”

“True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself. It is equal and pure, without violent demonstrations: it is seen with white hairs and is always young in the heart. ”

“Between the daylight gambler and the player at night there is the same difference that lies between a careless husband and the lover swooning under his lady's window.”

“Great love affairs start with Champagne and end with tisane.”

“First love is a kind of vaccination which saves a man from catching the complaint the second time.”