#love is

The fact is that love is of two kinds, one which commands, and one which obeys. The two are quite distinct, and the passion to which the one gives rise is not the passion of the other. ↗

— Honore de Balzac

#commands #distinct #fact #gives #kinds

A man without ambition is dead. A man with ambition but no love is dead. A man with ambition and love for his blessings here on earth is ever so alive. ↗

— Pearl Bailey

#ambition #blessings #dead #earth #ever

True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself. It is equal and pure, without violent demonstrations: it is seen with white hairs and is always young in the heart. ↗

— Honore de Balzac

#demonstrations #equal #eternal #hairs #heart

Love is the poetry of the senses. ↗

— Honore de Balzac

#love is #poetry #senses

I've never believed much in that holding hands kind of love. I've always thought that love is about two different personalities trying to confront life, trying to make sense of their responsibilities, to themselves, to each other, and to the wider society. ↗

— Alan Bates

#always #believed #confront #different #different personalities

Where love is concerned, too much is not even enough. ↗

— Pierre Beaumarchais

#enough #even #love #love is #much

Love is about mutual respect, apart from attraction. ↗

— George Best

#apart #attraction #love #love is #mutual

To love is to act. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#love #love is #to love

Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise. ↗