“A man in love prefers his passion to every other consideration, and is fonder of his mistress than he is of virtue. Should she prove vicious, she makes vice lovely in his eyes.” MenLoveShouldEyePassionVirtueProveVicesLovelyHis EyesConsiderationViciousMistress Book:Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)
“We love being in love, that's the truth on't. If we had not met Joan, we should have met Kate, and adored her. We know our mistresses are no better than many other women, nor no prettier, nor no wiser, nor no wittier. 'Tis not for these reasons we love a woman, or for any special quality or charm I know of; we might as well demand that a lady should be the tallest woman in the world, like the Shropshire giantess, as that she should be a paragon in any other character, before we began to love her.” IfsKnowsWorldLoveShouldWellsReasonCharacterMightLove IsQualitySpecialMetsDemandShould HaveCharmWiserMistressBeing In LoveKateParagon Book:The history of Henry Esmond, esq Source: The history of Henry Esmond, esq
“Most loverspicture to themselves, in their mistresses, a secret reality, beyond and different from what they see every day. They are in love with somebody else--their own invention. And sometimes there is a secret reality; and sometimes reality and appearance are the same. The discovery, in either case, is likely to cause a shock.” LoveDifferentSometimesRealityCausesSecretCasesDiscoveryAppearanceInventionShockMistressDisillusionment Author:Aldous Huxley
“It is easier for an artful Man, who is not in Love, to persuade his Mistress he has a Passion for her, and to succeed in his Pursuits, than for one who loves with the greatest Violence. True Love hath ten thousand Griefs, Impatiencies and Resentments, that render a Man unamiable in the Eyes of the Person whose Affection he sollicits.” MenLovePersonsEyePassionGriefViolenceEasierThousandSucceedTenAffectionPursuitResentmentMistressCourtship Book:The spectator Source: The spectator
“The reason why lovers and their mistresses never tire of being together is that they are always talking of themselves. [Fr., Ce qui fait que amants et les maitresses ne s'ennuient point d'etre ensemble; c'est qu'ils parlent toujours d'eux memes.]” LoveReasonTogetherTalkingLoversReason WhyTireMistressEnsembleBeing TogetherMemes Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“Considering how little the beginning or the ceasing to love is in our own power, it is foolish and unreasonable for the lover or his mistress to complain of one another's inconstancy.” LoveLittlesLove IsLoversComplainingFoolishConsideringMistressUnreasonableInconstancy Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“When you marry your mistress, you create a job vacancy.” LoveFunnyJobsMarriageMistressBeing IrishVacancyFunny Irish Author:James Goldsmith