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The Divine of the Lord in heaven is love, for the reason that love is receptive of all things of heaven, such as peace, intelligence, wisdom and happiness. ↗

— Emanuel Swedenborg

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As love without esteem is capricious and volatile; esteem without love is languid and cold. ↗

— Jonathan Swift

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Love is the only reality and it is not a mere sentiment. It is the ultimate truth that lies at the heart of creation. ↗

— Rabindranath Tagore

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Love is not a mere impulse, it must contain truth, which is law. ↗

— Rabindranath Tagore

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For you to ask advice on the rules of love is no better than to ask advice on the rules of madness. ↗

— Terence

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Love is the only gold. ↗

— Alfred Lord Tennyson

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Love is sacrifice. ↗

— David Oyelowo

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We really have to understand the person we want to love. If our love is only a will to possess, it is not love. If we only think of ourselves, if we know only our own needs and ignore the needs of the other person, we cannot love. ↗

— Nhat Hanh

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Family love is messy, clinging, and of an annoying and repetitive pattern, like bad wallpaper. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

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Love is like nothing else on this earth, but only when it is shared with someone wonderful like you. ↗

— Mandy Moore

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