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QUOTES AND APHORISMS ON LOVERS
In every loving woman there is a priestess of the past -- a pious guardian of some affection, of which the object has disappeared.
Henri Frederic Amiel (1821-1881, Swiss philosopher, poet, critic)
One can be a soldier without dying, and a lover without sighing.
Edwin Arnold (1832-1904, British poet, journalist)
Lovers should also have their days off.
Natalie Clifford Barney (1876-1972, American-born French author)
The lover of life makes the whole world into his family, just as the lover of the fair sex creates his from all the lovely women he has found, from those that could be found, and those who are impossible to find.
Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867, French poet)
There exists, between people in love, a kind of capital held by each. This is not just a stock of affects or pleasure, but also the possibility of playing double or quits with the share you hold in the other's heart.
Jean Baudrillard (French postmodern philosopher, writer)
Pity the selfishness of lovers: it is brief, a forlorn hope; it is impossible.
Elizabeth Bowen (1899-1973, Anglo-Irish novelist)
When death to either shall come -- I pray it be first to me.
Robert Bridges (1844-1930, British poet)
A man can go from being a lover to being a stranger in three moves flat but a woman under the guise of friendship will engage in acts of duplicity which come to light very much later. There are different species of self-justification.
Anita Brookner (1938-, British novelist, art historian)
Never the time and the place and the loved one all together!
Robert Browning (1812-1889, British poet)
Lovers may be -- and indeed generally are -- enemies, but they never can be friends, because there must always be a spice of jealousy and a something of Self in all their speculations.
Lord Byron (1788-1824, British poet)
What a woman says to her ardent lover should be written in wind and running water.
Galius Valerius Catullus (BC 87-54, Roman lyric poet)
One who has not only the four S's, which are required in every good lover, but even the whole alphabet; as for example... Agreeable, Bountiful, Constant, Dutiful, Easy, Faithful, Gallant, Honorable, Ingenious, Kind, Loyal, Mild, Noble, Officious, Prudent, Quiet, Rich, Secret, True, Valiant, Wise; the X indeed, is too harsh a letter to agree with him, but he is Young and Zealous.
Miguel De Cervantes (1547-1616, Spanish novelist, dramatist, poet)
One who has not only the four S's, which are required in every good lover, but even the whole alphabet; as for example... Agreeable, Bountiful, Constant, Dutiful, Easy, Faithful, Gallant, Honorable, Ingenious, Kind, Loyal, Mild, Noble, Officious, Prudent, Quiet, Rich, Secret, True, Valiant, Wise; the X indeed, is too harsh a letter to agree with him, but he is Young and Zealous.
Miguel De Cervantes (1547-1616, Spanish novelist, dramatist, poet)
When a man and a woman have an overwhelming passion for each other, it seems to me, in spite of such obstacles dividing them as parents or husband, that they belong to each other in the name of Nature, and are lovers by Divine right, in spite of human convention or the laws.
Sebastien-Roch Nicolas De Chamfort (1741-1794, French writer, journalist, playwright)
Busy old fool, unruly Sun, why dost thou thus through windows and through curtains call on us? Must to thy motions lovers seasons run?
John Donne (1572-1632, British metaphysical poet)
A lover, when he is admitted to cards, ought to be solemnly silent, and observe the motions of his mistress. He must laugh when she laughs, sigh when she sighs. In short, he should be the shadow of her mind. A lady, in the presence of her lover, should never want a looking-glass; as a beau, in the presence of his looking-glass, never wants a mistress.
Henry Fielding (1707-1754, British novelist, dramatist)
Lovers who love truly do not write down their happiness.
Anatole France (1844-1924, French writer)
A lover without indiscretion is no lover at all. Circumspection and devotion are a contradiction in terms.
Thomas Hardy (1840-1928, British novelist, poet)
One seeks to make the loved one entirely happy, or, if that cannot be, entirely wretched.
Jean De La Bruyere (1645-1696, French classical writer)
Lovers do not wish to see the faults of their mistresses until their enchantment is at an end.
Francois De La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680, French classical writer)
The more one loves a mistress, the more one is ready to hate her.
Francois De La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680, French classical writer)
My God, these folks don't know how to love -- that's why they love so easily.
D. H. Lawrence (1885-1930, British author)
Queen Guenever, for whom I make here a little mention, that while she lived she was a true lover, and therefore she had a good end.
Sir Thomas Malory (1430-1471, British author)
I would not miss your face, your neck, your hands, your limbs, your bosom and certain other of your charms. Indeed, not to become boring by naming them all, I could do without you, Chloe, altogether.
Marcus Valerius Martial (40-104, Latin poet and epigrammatist)
These two imparadised in one another's arms, the happier Eden, shall enjoy their fill of bliss on bliss.
John Milton (1608-1674, British poet)
Every man needs two women, a quiet home-maker, and a thrilling nymph.
Iris Murdoch (1919-, British novelist, philosopher)
In every question and every remark tossed back and forth between lovers who have not played out the last fugue, there is one question and it is this: "Is there someone new?"
Edna O'Brien
Scratch a lover, and find a foe.
Dorothy Parker (1893-1967, American humorous writer)
An orange on the table, your dress on the rug, and you in my bed, sweet present of the present, cool of night, warmth of my life.
Jacques Prevert (1900-1977, French poet)
Between lovers a little confession is a dangerous thing.
Helen Rowland (1875-1950, American journalist)
It is easier to keep half a dozen lovers guessing than to keep one lover after he has stopped guessing.
Helen Rowland (1875-1950, American journalist)
Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale her infinite variety. Other women cloy the appetites they feed, but she makes hungry where most she satisfies.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616, British poet, playwright, actor)
We that are true lovers run into strange capers.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616, British poet, playwright, actor)
No one worth possessing can be quite possessed.
Sara Teasdale (1884-1933, American poet)
You are my lover and I am your mistress and kingdoms and empires and governments have tottered and succumbed before now to that mighty combination.
Violet Trefusis
The one who loves least controls the relationship.
Author Unknown
I never had but one intrigue yet: but I confess I long to have another. Pray heaven it end as the first did tho , that we may both grow weary at a time; for 'Tis a melancholy thing for lovers to outlive one another.
Sir John Vanbrugh (1664-1726, British playwright and baroque architect)
There's nothing in the world like the devotion of a married woman. It's a thing no married man knows anything about.
Oscar Wilde (1856-1900, British author, wit)
Mistresses are like books; if you pore upon them too much, they doze you and make you unfit for company; but if used discreetly, you are the fitter for conversation by them.
William Wycherley (1640-1716, British dramatist)
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