"All cruelty springs from hardheartedness and weakness" – Seneca
“All cruelty springs from hardheartedness and weakness” – Seneca
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Love Quotes : Our love quotes collection
"When he spoke, what tender words he used! So softly, that like flakes of feathered snow, They melted as they fell." – John Dryden
“When he spoke, what tender words he used! So softly, that like flakes of feathered snow, They melted as they fell.” – John Dryden
"Sentimentality is only sentiment that rubs you up the wrong way" – William Somerset Maugham
“Sentimentality is only sentiment that rubs you up the wrong way” – William Somerset Maugham
"We can trust our doctors to be professional, to minister equally to their patients without regard to their political or religious beliefs. But we can no longer trust our professors to do the same." – David Horowitz
“We can trust our doctors to be professional, to minister equally to their patients without regard to their political or religious beliefs. But we can …
"A lie will easily get you out of a scrape, and yet, strangely and beautifully, rapture possesses you when you have taken the scrape and left out the lie." – Charles Edward Montague
“A lie will easily get you out of a scrape, and yet, strangely and beautifully, rapture possesses you when you have taken the scrape and …
"There would be no passion in this world if we never had to fight for what we love." – Susie Switzer
“There would be no passion in this world if we never had to fight for what we love.” – Susie Switzer
"I am not against hasty marriages, where a mutual flame is fanned by an adequate income." – Will Durant
“I am not against hasty marriages, where a mutual flame is fanned by an adequate income.” – Will Durant
"What a fuss people make about fidelity! Why, even in love it is purely a question for physiology. It has nothing to do with our own will. Young men want to be faithful, and are not; old men want to be faithless, and cannot: that is all one can say." – Oscar Wilde
“What a fuss people make about fidelity! Why, even in love it is purely a question for physiology. It has nothing to do with our …
"There are only two kinds of Wodehouse readers, those who adore him and those who have never read him." – Richard Usborne
“There are only two kinds of Wodehouse readers, those who adore him and those who have never read him.” – Richard Usborne
"If we treated everyone we meet with the same affection we bestow upon our favorite cat, they, too, would purr." – Martin Delany
“If we treated everyone we meet with the same affection we bestow upon our favorite cat, they, too, would purr.” – Martin Delany
"Kissing is a means of getting two people so close together that they can’t see anything wrong with each other." – Rene Yasenek
“Kissing is a means of getting two people so close together that they can’t see anything wrong with each other.” – Rene Yasenek
"All discarded lovers should be given a second chance, but with somebody else." – Mae West
“All discarded lovers should be given a second chance, but with somebody else.” – Mae West
"We’ve had several people get engaged here on Valentine’s Day. One time we put an engagement ring in the glass of wine so when she started drinking it she noticed the ring. I actually suggested that to the guy because that’s what I did when I got engaged. One year we even had a wedding on Valentine’s Day." – Edward Davis
“We’ve had several people get engaged here on Valentine’s Day. One time we put an engagement ring in the glass of wine so when she …
"When I approach a child, he inspires in me two sentiments; tenderness for what he is, and respect for what he may become." – Louis Pasteur
“When I approach a child, he inspires in me two sentiments; tenderness for what he is, and respect for what he may become.” – Louis …
"It is my living sentiment, and by the blessing of God it shall be my dying sentiment, independence now and independence forever." – Daniel Webster
“It is my living sentiment, and by the blessing of God it shall be my dying sentiment, independence now and independence forever.” – Daniel Webster
"Whether we regard the Women’s Liberation movement as a serious threat, a passing convulsion, or a fashionable idiocy, it is a movement that mounts an attack on practically everything that women value today and introduces the language and sentiments of political confrontation into the area of personal relationships." – Arianna Stassinopoulos
“Whether we regard the Women’s Liberation movement as a serious threat, a passing convulsion, or a fashionable idiocy, it is a movement that mounts an …
"Sweet, bid me hold my tongue,<br/>For in this rapture I shall surely speak<br/>The thing I shall repent." – William Shakespeare
“Sweet, bid me hold my tongue,For in this rapture I shall surely speakThe thing I shall repent.” – William Shakespeare
"That depends on whether or not he likes you. He is inclined to nickname you based on the way that you look. He is sort of the ugly part of us that says the things we may be thinking but are afraid to say. The only endearing name he has for anyone is Kate." – Damon Lindelof
“That depends on whether or not he likes you. He is inclined to nickname you based on the way that you look. He is sort …
"Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion." – Hebbel
“Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.” – Hebbel
"The dove descending breaks the air / With flame of incandescent terror." – T.S. Eliot
“The dove descending breaks the air / With flame of incandescent terror.” – T.S. Eliot
"It’s easier to be faithful to a restaurant than it is to a woman." – Federico Fellini
“It’s easier to be faithful to a restaurant than it is to a woman.” – Federico Fellini
"The strength of women comes from the fact that psychology cannot explain us. Men can be analyzed, women merely adored." – Oscar Wilde
“The strength of women comes from the fact that psychology cannot explain us. Men can be analyzed, women merely adored.” – Oscar Wilde
"Love is not to be purchased, and affection has no price." – St. Jerome
“Love is not to be purchased, and affection has no price.” – St. Jerome
"I kissed thee ere I killed thee — no way but this,<br/>Killing myself, to die upon a kiss." – William Shakespeare
“I kissed thee ere I killed thee — no way but this,Killing myself, to die upon a kiss.” – William Shakespeare
"I want the dead lovers of the world to hear our laughter and grow sad. I want a breath of our passion to stir their dust into consciosness, to wake their ashes in pain." – Oscar Wilde
“I want the dead lovers of the world to hear our laughter and grow sad. I want a breath of our passion to stir their …
"I think Valentine’s day is more of a woman’s holiday. Women have more expectations." – Trish McDermott
“I think Valentine’s day is more of a woman’s holiday. Women have more expectations.” – Trish McDermott
"Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair but manifestations of strength and resolution" – Kahlil Gibran
“Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair but manifestations of strength and resolution” – Kahlil Gibran
"Them’s my sentiments" – William Makepeace Thackeray
“Them’s my sentiments” – William Makepeace Thackeray
"If one does not understand a person, one tends to regard him as a fool." – Carl Gustav Jung
“If one does not understand a person, one tends to regard him as a fool.” – Carl Gustav Jung
"Art and Religion are, then, two roads by which men escape from circumstance to ecstasy. Between aesthetic and religious rapture there is a family alliance. Art and Religion are means to similar states of mind." – Clive Bell
“Art and Religion are, then, two roads by which men escape from circumstance to ecstasy. Between aesthetic and religious rapture there is a family alliance. …
"May our mind be inclined towards virtuous deeds, acquiring strength and long-life! May we continue to see the glorious sight of Rising Sun for eternity!" – Yajur Veda
“May our mind be inclined towards virtuous deeds, acquiring strength and long-life! May we continue to see the glorious sight of Rising Sun for eternity!” …
"If I take my whole, passionate, spiritual and physical love to the woman who in return loves me, that is how I serve God. And my hymn and my game of joy is my work." – D.H. Lawrence
“If I take my whole, passionate, spiritual and physical love to the woman who in return loves me, that is how I serve God. And …
"A cat’s rage is beautiful, burning with pure cat flame, all its hair standing up and crackling blue sparks, eyes blazing and sputtering." – William S. Burroughs
“A cat’s rage is beautiful, burning with pure cat flame, all its hair standing up and crackling blue sparks, eyes blazing and sputtering.” – William …
"Be slow to fall into friendship, but when thou art in, continue firm and constant." – Socrates
“Be slow to fall into friendship, but when thou art in, continue firm and constant.” – Socrates
"Adore, v.: To venerate expectantly." – Ambrose Bierce
“Adore, v.: To venerate expectantly.” – Ambrose Bierce
"When we are young and again when we are old, we depend heavily on the affection of others. Between these stages we usually feel that we can do everything without help from others and that other people’s affection is simply not important. But at this stage I think it is very important to keep deep human affection." – Dalai Lama
“When we are young and again when we are old, we depend heavily on the affection of others. Between these stages we usually feel that …
"But when I come off stage, I do not want adulation, I do not want to be worshipped." – John Fahey
“But when I come off stage, I do not want adulation, I do not want to be worshipped.” – John Fahey
"For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul." – Judy Garland
“For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.” – Judy …
"I loved you in the morning, our kisses deep and warm, your hair upon the pillow like a sleepy, golden storm, yes many loved before us, I know we are not new, in city and in forest they smiled like me and you, but now it’s come to distances and both of us must try, your eyes are soft with sorrow, Hey, that’s no way to say goodbye." – Leonard Cohen
“I loved you in the morning, our kisses deep and warm, your hair upon the pillow like a sleepy, golden storm, yes many loved before …
"I want a lover I don’t have to love" – Conor Oberst
“I want a lover I don’t have to love” – Conor Oberst