Relationships Quotes

Connection, conflict, and everything in between. What our bonds with others teach us about ourselves.

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"I love humanity but I hate humans."
Stendhal
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"If you wish to be loved, show more of your faults and fewer of your virtues."
Stendhal
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"Who dares say that he thoroughly understands the heart of a woman?"
Stendhal
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"A woman who doubts her own worth will doubt the worth of her love."
Alexandre Dumas, fils
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"Relationships are mirrors of the soul."
Alexandre Dumas, fils
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"To love humanity, we must first understand ourselves."
Théophile Gautier
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"In matters of the heart, be guided by your conscience, not custom."
George Sand
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"Every relationship is a mirror reflecting who we truly are."
Gérard de Nerval
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"Relationships demand the courage to be vulnerable."
Guy de Maupassant
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"Honest men, if they wish not to marry, may render themselves disagreeable without committing an act of injustice."
Mary Wollstonecraft
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"In relationships, honesty is more valuable than agreement."
Alexandre Dumas, fils
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"Men are not at all in a humor for talking unless they are at their ease."
Stendhal
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"Relationships are not about finding someone you can live with; they are about finding someone you cannot imagine living without."
George Sand
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"The world is a mirror; if you smile at it, it smiles back at you."
Théophile Gautier
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"What is the difference between a man and a woman? Only that a man is often a brute and a woman is always a mystery."
Théophile Gautier
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"The strongest love is often the quietest, needing no voice to be understood."
Guy de Maupassant
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"A single moment of genuine connection is worth a lifetime of hollow interactions."
Guy de Maupassant
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"The most intimate knowledge of another comes not from words but from silence."
Guy de Maupassant
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"True relationships are built on honesty and trust."
Ann Radcliffe
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"One cannot live only for oneself, any more than one can live alone."
Mary Wollstonecraft
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"A woman may forget the man who flattered her vanity, but she will never forget the one who acknowledged her independence."
Mary Wollstonecraft
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"Men have been placed in a state of dependence on women in a way that weakens them both."
Mary Wollstonecraft
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"Every human relationship begins with understanding and grows with patience."
George Sand
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"Relationships are gardens that require constant tending."
George Sand
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"Some people have a way of inspiring in us a wish to play the fool."
Frances Burney
"Relationships require patience and understanding."
Daniel Defoe
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"It is the nature of an apology to heal."
Laurence Sterne
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"Relationships require effort and commitment."
Laurence Sterne
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"Relationships are the most important part of life."
Laurence Sterne
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"Every person we meet is a book waiting to be read."
Ann Radcliffe