When desire, having
rejected reason and overpowered judgment which leads to right, is set in
the
direction of the pleasure which beauty can inspire, and when
again under the influence of its kindred
desires it is moved with violent motion towards the beauty of
corporeal forms, it acquires a surname
from this very violent motion, and is called love. - Socrates
I regard as
a mortal sin not only the lying of the senses in matters of love, but also
the illusion
which the senses seek to create where love is only partial.
I say, I believe, that one must love with
all of one’s being, or else live, come what may, a life of complete
chastity. - George Sand
Love is a smoke made with the fume
of sighs, Being purged, a fire sparkling in lovers’ eyes, Being
vexed, a sea nourished with lovers’ tears. What is it else?
A madness most discreet, A choking gall
and a preserving sweet. - William Shakespeare
One word frees us of all the weight and pain of
life; That word is love. - Sophocles
