Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources / Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them

by Rev. James Wood

Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind; / And therefore is wing'd Cupid painted blind. Mid. Night's Dream, i. 1.

Love makes labour light. J. G. Holland.

Love makes obedience lighter than liberty. W. R. Alger.

Love makes time pass away, and time makes love pass away. Fr. Pr.

Love me little, love me long, / Is the burden of 50 my song; / Love that is too hot and strong / Burneth soon to waste; / Still I would not have thee cold, / Not too backward or too bold; / Love that lasteth till 'tis old / Fadeth not in haste. Old Ballad.

Love me, love my dog. Pr.

Love mocks all sorrows but its own, and damps each joy he does not yield. Lady Dacre.

Love moderately; long love doth so; / Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow. Rom. and Jul., ii. 6.

Love must be as much a light as a flame. Thoreau.

Love must be taken by stratagem, not by open force. Goldsmith.