Love may be or it may not, but where it is, it ought to reveal itself in its immensity. Honore de Balzac
To love for the sake of being loved is human, but to love for the sake of loving is angelic. Alphonse de Lamartine
Do not seek the because - in love there is no because, no reason, no explanation, no solutions. Anais Nin
In a separation it is the one who is not really in love who says the more tender things. Marcel Proust
They don't ask much of you. They only want you to hate the things you love and to love the things you despise. Boris Pasternak
None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but licence. John Milton Freedom
It is better to be unhappy in love than unhappy in marriage, but some people manage to be both. Guy de Maupassant Marriage
The prayers of a lover are more imperious than the menaces of the whole world. George Sand Prayer World
The woman who does not choose to love should cut the matter short at once, by holding out no hopes to her suitor. Marguerite de Valois Hope
Again, it may be said, that to love justice and equality the people need no great effort of virtue; it is sufficient that they love themselves. Maximilien Robespierre Virtue
Love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is done well. Vincent Van Gogh
There is a courtesy of the heart; it is allied to love. From its springs the purest courtesy in the outward behavior. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
For 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
He who loves with purity considers not the gift of the lover, but the love of the giver. Thomas Kempis
When you say you are in love with humanity, you are well satisfied with yourself. Luigi Pirandello Self-discovery
