The ability to make love frivolously is the chief characteristic which distinguishes human beings from beasts.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
It is a beautiful trait in the lover's character, that they think no evil of the object loved.
As a species, the look of another of our species into our eyes has a great power. It can mean a lot of different things: aggression, love.
We don't love qualities, we love persons; sometimes by reason of their defects as well as of their qualities.
For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love.
No human creature can give orders to love.
The unique and supreme voluptuousness of love lies in the certainty of committing evil. And men and women know from birth that in evil is found all sensual delight.
The main peculiarity which distinguishes man from other animals is the means of his support-the power which he possesses of very greatly increasing these means.
The only creatures that are evolved enough to convey pure love are dogs and infants.
The greatest weakness of most humans is their hesitancy to tell others how much they love them while they're alive.
We don't love qualities; we love a person; sometimes by reason of their defects as well as their qualities.