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 one human being with warmth and purity, and thou wilt love the world. The heart, in that celestial sphere of love, is like the sun in its course. From the drop on the rose to the ocean, all is for him a mirror, which he fills and brightens. Jean Paul.

Love one time layeth burdens, another time giveth wings. Sir P. Sidney.

Love ought to raise a low heart and not humble a high one. Ariosto.

Love ower het (hot) soon cools. Sc. Pr. 15

Love prefers twilight to daylight. Holmes.

Love reckons hours for months, and days for years; and every little absence is an age. Dryden.

Love requires not so much proofs as expressions of love. Jean Paul.

Love rules his kingdom without a sword. Pr.

Love rules the camp, the court, the grove, / 20 And men below and saints above; / For love is heaven, and heaven is love. Scott.

Love rules without a sword and binds without a cord. Pr.