Love means to commit oneself without guarantee, to give oneself completely in the hope that our love will produce love read more

Love means to commit oneself without guarantee, to give oneself completely in the hope that our love will produce love in the loved person. Love is an act of faith, and whoever is of little faith is also of little love.

A proof that experience is of no use, is that the end of one love does not prevent us from read more

A proof that experience is of no use, is that the end of one love does not prevent us from beginning another.

The degree of loving is measured by the degree of giving.

The degree of loving is measured by the degree of giving.

The fate of love is that it always seems too little or too much.

The fate of love is that it always seems too little or too much.

One sweet, sad secret holds my heart in thrall;
A mighty love within my breast has grown,
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One sweet, sad secret holds my heart in thrall;
A mighty love within my breast has grown,
Unseen, unspoken, and of no one known;
And of my sweet, who gave it, least of all.
[Fr., Ma vie a son secret, mon ame a son mystere:
Un amour eternel en un moment concu.
La mal est sans remede, aussi j'ai du le taire,
Et elle qui l'a fait n'en a jamais rien su.]

Patience is the virtue of an ass, who treads beneath his burden and complains not.

Patience is the virtue of an ass, who treads beneath his burden and complains not.

Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short intermissions.

Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short intermissions.

You don't have to deserve your mother's love. You have to deserve your father's.

You don't have to deserve your mother's love. You have to deserve your father's.

Girls usually have a paper mâché face on their wedding day.

Girls usually have a paper mâché face on their wedding day.