When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always ends by deceiving others. That read more

When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always ends by deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.

Pleasure of love lasts but a moment, Pain of love lasts a lifetime.

Pleasure of love lasts but a moment, Pain of love lasts a lifetime.

Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind,
And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.

Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind,
And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.

Who would give a law to lovers? Love is unto itself a higher law.

Who would give a law to lovers? Love is unto itself a higher law.

To a person in love, the value of the individual is intuitively known. Love needs no logic for its mission.

To a person in love, the value of the individual is intuitively known. Love needs no logic for its mission.

If we deny love that is given to us, if we refuse to give love because we fear pain or read more

If we deny love that is given to us, if we refuse to give love because we fear pain or loss, then our lives will be empty, our loss greater.

Amour is the one human activity of any importance in which laughter and pleasure preponderate, if ever so slightly, over read more

Amour is the one human activity of any importance in which laughter and pleasure preponderate, if ever so slightly, over misery and pain.

I have a very strong feeling that the opposite of love is not hate - it's apathy. It's not giving read more

I have a very strong feeling that the opposite of love is not hate - it's apathy. It's not giving a damn.

Love is not a habit, a commitment, or a debt. It isn`t what romantic songs tell us it is - read more

Love is not a habit, a commitment, or a debt. It isn`t what romantic songs tell us it is - love simply is.