Women wish to be loved not because they are pretty, or good, or well bred, or graceful, or intelligent, but because they are themselves

Quote by Henri Frederic Amiel

Topics: Love Quotes

Democracy means despair of finding any heroes to govern you, and contented putting up with...

Democracy means despair of finding any heroes to govern you, and contented putting up with...

Order is a great person's need and their true well being.

Order is a great person's need and their true well being.

It is not what he had, or even what he does, which expresses the worth...

It is not what he had, or even what he does, which expresses the worth...

In every loving woman there is a priestess of the past -- a pious guardian...

In every loving woman there is a priestess of the past -- a pious guardian...

To shun one's cross is to make it heavier.

To shun one's cross is to make it heavier.

Woman is the salvation or the destruction of the family. She carries its destiny in...

Woman is the salvation or the destruction of the family. She carries its destiny in...

Love is like swallowing hot chocolate before it has cooled off. It takes you by...

Love is like swallowing hot chocolate before it has cooled off. It takes you by...

If nationality is consent, the state is compulsion.

If nationality is consent, the state is compulsion.

Let mystery have its place in you; do not be always turning up your whole...

Let mystery have its place in you; do not be always turning up your whole...

Conquering any difficulty always gives one a secret joy, for it means pushing back a...

Conquering any difficulty always gives one a secret joy, for it means pushing back a...

I do not deny the rights of democracy, but I have no illusions as to...

I do not deny the rights of democracy, but I have no illusions as to...

Heroism is the brilliant triumph of the soul over the flesh, that is to say...

Heroism is the brilliant triumph of the soul over the flesh, that is to say...

Sacrifice, which is the passion of great souls, has never been the law of societies.

Sacrifice, which is the passion of great souls, has never been the law of societies.

We are never more discontented with others than when we are discontented with ourselves.

We are never more discontented with others than when we are discontented with ourselves.

Conquering any difficulty always gives one a secret joy, for it means pushing back a...

Conquering any difficulty always gives one a secret joy, for it means pushing back a...

To marry unequally is to suffer equally.

To marry unequally is to suffer equally.

Our duty is to be useful, not according to our desires but according to our...

Our duty is to be useful, not according to our desires but according to our...

To know how to suggest is the great art of teaching. To attain it we...

To know how to suggest is the great art of teaching. To attain it we...

The man who has no inner-life is a slave to his surroundings.

The man who has no inner-life is a slave to his surroundings.

In every loving woman there is a priestess of the past - a pious guardian...

In every loving woman there is a priestess of the past - a pious guardian...