Unrequited Love

The more I know of the world, the more I am convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really love. I require so much!

Nay, tempt me not to love again: There was a time when love was sweet; Dear Nea! had I known thee then, our souls had not been slow to meet! But oh! this weary heart hath run So many a time the rounds of pain, Not even for thee, thou lovely one! Would I endure such pangs again?

Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs, Being purged, a fire sparkling in lovers’ eyes, Being vexed, a sea nourished with lovers’ tears. What is it else? A madness most discreet, A choking gall and a preserving sweet.

Do not let any sweet-talking woman beguile your good sense / with the fascinations of her shape. It’s your barn she’s after.

Jealousy is not at all low, but it catches us humbled and bowed down, at first sight.

One is very crazy when in love.

The only way of knowing a person is to love them without hope.

O tyrant love, to what do you not drive the hearts of men.

We are all born for love. It is the principle of existence, and its only end.

The important thing was to love rather than to be loved. W.

When once the young heart of a maiden is stolen, / The maiden herself will steal after it soon.

To find oneself jilted is a blow to one’s pride. One must do one’s best to forget it and if one doesn’t succeed, at least one must pretend to.

Sacrificing your happiness for the happiness of the one you love, is by far, the truest type of love.

I pray you, do not fall in love with me, for I am falser than vows made in wine.

I was in love with loving.

Desire, even in its wildest tantrums, can neither persuade me it is love nor stop me from wishing it were. W. H.

Twice or thrice had I loved thee, Before I knew thy face or name.

It is a mistake to speak of a bad choice in love, since as soon as a choice exists, it can only be bad.

Lady you bereft me of all words, Only my blood speaks to you in my veins, and there is such confusion in my powers.

It were all one That I should love a bright particular star And think to wed it, he is so above me.

The hind that would be mated by the lion Must die for love.

There’s only one kind of love that lasts—unrequited love. It stays with you forever.

I love everything about you. Your lips, your eyes, your voice. The only thing I can’t stand is you.

The magic of first love is our ignorance that it can ever end.