If Jack’s in love, he’s no judge of Jill’s beauty.
—Benjamin Franklin, 1748
Fire in the heart sends smoke into the head.
—German proverb
When the heart speaks, the mind finds it indecent to object.
—Milan Kundera, 1984
The brain and the heart act upon each other in the manner of an hour-glass. One fills itself
only to empty the other.
—Jules Renard, 1925
Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.
—H. L. Mencken, 1920
Love is only a dirty trick played on us to achieve continuation of the species.
—W. Somerset Maugham, 1938
Love is an exploding cigar we willingly smoke.
—Lynda Barry, 1983
Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra and then suddenly it flips over, pinning you
underneath. At night, the ice weasels come.
—Matt Groening, 1990
Love is a child of illusion and the parent of disillusion.
—Miguel de Unamuno, 1913
When misfortune knocks the door, love flies out of the window.
—European proverb
If love is the answer, could you please rephrase the question?
—Jane Wagner, 1979
Love has a lot of press-agenting from the oldest times; but there are higher, nobler things
than love.
—P. G. Wodehouse, 1922
It is better in some respects to be admired by those with whom you live, than to be loved by
them, […] because admiration is so much more tolerant than love.
—Arthur Helps, 1871
Love is like the measles; we all have to go through it. Also like the measles, we take it only
once.
—Jerome K. Jerome, 1886
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—Benjamin Franklin, 1748
Fire in the heart sends smoke into the head.
—German proverb
When the heart speaks, the mind finds it indecent to object.
—Milan Kundera, 1984
The brain and the heart act upon each other in the manner of an hour-glass. One fills itself
only to empty the other.
—Jules Renard, 1925
Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.
—H. L. Mencken, 1920
Love is only a dirty trick played on us to achieve continuation of the species.
—W. Somerset Maugham, 1938
Love is an exploding cigar we willingly smoke.
—Lynda Barry, 1983
Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra and then suddenly it flips over, pinning you
underneath. At night, the ice weasels come.
—Matt Groening, 1990
Love is a child of illusion and the parent of disillusion.
—Miguel de Unamuno, 1913
When misfortune knocks the door, love flies out of the window.
—European proverb
If love is the answer, could you please rephrase the question?
—Jane Wagner, 1979
Love has a lot of press-agenting from the oldest times; but there are higher, nobler things
than love.
—P. G. Wodehouse, 1922
It is better in some respects to be admired by those with whom you live, than to be loved by
them, […] because admiration is so much more tolerant than love.
—Arthur Helps, 1871
Love is like the measles; we all have to go through it. Also like the measles, we take it only
once.
—Jerome K. Jerome, 1886
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