Don't tell me you don't know what love is When you're old enough to know better.
It is best to love wisely, no doubt; but to love foolishly is better than not to be able to love at all.
True love is not a strong, fiery, impetuous passion. It is, on the contrary, an element calm and deep. It looks beyond mere externals, and is attracted by qualities alone. It is wise and discriminating, and its devotion is real and abiding.
But never give your love, my friend, Unto a foolish heart
It is love in old age, no longer blind, that is true love. For the love's highest intensity doesn't necessarily mean it's highest quality.
It behoves thee to love God wisely; and that may thou not do but if thou be wise.
That love which does not build a foundation on good sense is doomed.
Why is it so difficult to love wisely, so easy to love too well?
Christian, learn from Christ how you ought to love Christ. Learn a love that is tender, wise, strong; love with tenderness, not passion, wisdom, not foolishness, and strength, lest you become weary and turn away from the love of the Lord.
Since to be loved endures, To love is wise.
Take love as a sober man takes wine; do not become a drunkard. If your mistress is sincere and faithful, love her for that; but if she is not, if she is merely young and beautiful, love her for that; if she is agreeable and spirituelle, love her for that; if she is none of these things but merely loves you, love her for that. Love does not come to us every day.
Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of the Gods.
If we could be pure dancers in spirit we would never be afraid to love, and we would love with strength and wisdom.
