The measure of the hell you’re able to endure is the measure of your love.
The love that consists in this: that two solitudes protect and border and greet each other.[Der Liebe, die darin besteht, daß zwei Einsamkeiten einander schützen, grenzen und grüßen.]
The love of only one man or one woman is an enclosure.
The hind that would be mated by the lion must die for love.
The hearts of some fathers are gifted with the same thoughtful affection which a lover feels for his mistress.[Il y a dans certains cœurs de père un peu de cet amour prévenant qu’un amant a pour sa maîtresse.]
The heart of a woman who loves will forgive many blows.
The giving and taking of love is too beautiful to be evil.
The first symptom of true love in a young man is timidity, in a young woman, boldness.[Le premier symptôme de l’amour vrai chez un jeune homme, c’est la timidité, chez une jeune fille, c’est la hardiesse.]
The fact is that love is of two kinds – one which commands, and one which obeys. The two are quite distinct, and the passion to which the one gives rise is not the passion of the other.[Il y a deux amours: celui qui commande et celui qui obéit; ils sont distincts et donnent naissance à deux passions, et l’une n’est pas l’autre.]
The eyes those silent tongues of love.[translation by John Willis Clark]Love’s mute tongues, thine eyes, have never.[translation by John Ormsby][Ni aun con los ojos siquiera, mudas lenguas de amoríos.]
The eyes of a woman who loves are not easily deceived.[On trompe difficilement les yeux d’une femme qui aime.]
The enthusiasm of a woman’s love is even beyond the biographer’s.
