Quotes About Love From Classic Literary Works

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Love is magical, amazing, and powerful. Nurturing the different types of love in your life, and in particular self-love, are important to truly create a happy life. We share some inspiring quotes about love from classic literary works.


• “Only love can keep any one alive.”
-Oscar Wilde, “A Woman of No Importance”

“Who, being loved, is poor?”

Oscar Wilde, “A Woman of No Importance”

• “Love is Life. All, everything that I understand, I understand because I love. Everything is united by it alone.”
-Leo Tolstoy, “War and Peace”

• “To love life is to love God.”
-Leo Tolstoy, “War and Peace”

• “Be worthy love, and love will come.”
-Louisa May Alcott, “Little Women”

• “Don’t waste your love on somebody, who doesn’t value it.”
-William Shakespeare, “Romeo and Juliet”

• “Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.”
-William Shakespeare, “All’s Well That Ends Well”

• “If music be the food of love, play on.”
-William Shakespeare, “Twelfth Night”

• “He’s more myself than I am. Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.”
-Emily Brontë, “Wuthering Heights”

• “Woman is sacred; the woman one loves is holy.”
-Alexandre Dumas, “The Count of Monte Cristo”

• “There is no happiness like that of being loved by your fellow creatures, and feeling that your presence is an addition to their comfort.”
-Charlotte Brontë, “Jane Eyre”

• “It is easy to love your friend, but sometimes the hardest lesson to learn is to love your enemy.” -Sun Tzu, “The Art of War”


Quotes are often thought-provoking and can truly inspire with a few words! We hope “Quotes About Love From Classic Literary Works” positively inspires you too!

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