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It is with true love as it is with ghosts; everyone talks about it, but few have seen it
In love we often doubt what we most believe
If we are to judge of love by its consequences, it more nearly resembles hatred than friendship
The pleasure of love is in loving. We are happier in the passion we feel than in what we excite
The reason why lovers and their mistresses never tire of being together is that they are always talking of themselves
There is only one kind of love, but there are a thousand imitations
It is impossible to love and to be wise
He loves little who loves by rule
When a man has once loved a woman he will do anything for her except continue to love her
One should always be in love. That is the reason one should never marry
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