Love Quotes

The force that moves poets, philosophers, and ordinary people to extraordinary acts.

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"Love is the bond of civilization"
Giovanni Vico
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"The love of truth must overcome the love of victory in debate."
George Berkeley
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"Love at its highest is the recognition of worth in another."
George Berkeley
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"To love well is to understand that love is not possession, but liberation."
Antonio Genovesi
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"Love at its deepest is the willingness to be transformed by another's being."
Johann Tetens
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"Men are disposed to take sides, and it is easier for them to hate than to love."
Giovanni Vico
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"In every love story is written the story of human transcendence and vulnerability."
Giovanni Vico
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"If I love you, what business is it of yours?"
Johann Goethe
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"We are shaped and fashioned by what we love."
Johann Goethe
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"We love only once; after that, it is not love but habit."
Johann Goethe
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"Through love, humanity becomes fully human."
Johann Herder
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"Love is the only force that transcends all boundaries."
Johann Herder
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"Life is only worth living if we have someone to live for."
Friedrich Schiller
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"The fairest conquest is the one made through love, not war."
Friedrich Schiller
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"It is not merit but love that gives the highest reward."
Friedrich Schiller
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"Where true love exists, nothing is forbidden."
Friedrich Schiller
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"Custom may lead us to mistake the violence of passion for the purity of affection."
George Berkeley
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"Love conquers all things."
Hugo Grotius
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"The greatest love is the love of truth and the good."
Christian Wolff
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"Love is the binding force of society"
Jean Bodin
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"The bonds of love transcend all boundaries."
Hugo Grotius
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"Love is the greatest force in the universe."
Hugo Grotius
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"The human heart contains infinite capacity for love."
Hugo Grotius
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"To love one's people is to work for their elevation."
Johann Herder
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"Love's greatest expression is the willing elevation of the beloved."
Johann Herder
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"Love of learning is love of life itself."
Catharine Macaulay
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"Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing."
Johann Goethe
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"If I love you, what concern is it of yours?"
Johann Goethe
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"Grief is the price we pay for love."
Johann Goethe
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"If you love something set it free; if it comes back, it's yours."
Johann Goethe