Denis Diderot Quotes

You can't be wise and in love at the same time.

You know what they say - love is blind.

And thus love makes fools of us all.

Almost everybody's happy to be a fool for love.

Love makes fools of us all, big and little.

As soon as somebody falls in love, all the wits seem to dribble out of the bottom of his head.

This is love that surrounds, only a fool without wisdom can see. Blind as I am in your eyes, my lady of dreams.

Love makes a good eye squint.

So I guess I'm a fool, I'm a fool in love. But I'm willing to stay here, and bask in the glory of his heart.

Love sees clearly, and seeing, loves on. But infatuation is blind; when it gains sight, it dies.

One-half, the finest half, of life is hidden from the man who does not love with passion.

An ardent lover often makes a cold friend.

And therefore is love said to be a child, Because in choice he is so oft beguil'd

I wonder, by my troth, what thou and I Did, till we lov'd?

We are all fools in love.

Love is blind; couch not his eyes.

In love we are all fools alike.

I always remember what Bob Dylan said in that [Martin] Scorsese documentary on him. When he was asked about Joan Baez's complaints about the way he treated her when they were together, Dylan laughed and said, "It's impossible to be in love and wise at the same time."

The man who has never made a fool of himself in love will never be wise in love.

The state of being in love is so inherently preposterous. It usually lends itself to romantic comedy. I think we've all been there.

I don't think I've ever been in love, I'm sure I will be some day. I've had enormous crushes, although I've never been into the Brad Pitt thing.

A man has to have sensibility, wit, mystery, tolerance, and strength... Romance also helps.

Men who care passionately for women attach themselves at least as much to the temple and to the accessories of the cult as to their goddess herself.

Love is blind.

Being in love is the best feeling on the planet. I really believe that love makes the world go round.