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Human love is to be distinguished from the rut of animals only by two divine functions: the caress and the kiss.

— Pierre Louÿs Aphrodite: mœurs antiques ("Aphrodite: ancient morals") (1896)

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“... after you have done everything to please a man and he's taken his pleasure with you, all you are for him is a whore, and a whore's daughter.”

Trois Filles de leur mère ("Three Daughters of their Mother") (1926)

King Pausole dispensed justice from under a cherry tree, for, he was wont to say, that tree gives just as much shade as any other, and has the advantage over the traditional oak that in the summer it bears delightful fruit.

Les Aventures du roi Pausole ("The Adventures of King Pausole") (1900)

He presses me so closely that he will crush me, poor little girl that I am. But when he is within me, I know nothing more in the world, and they might cut off my limbs without recalling me from my ecstasy.

Les Chansons de Bilitis: traduites du grec ("The Songs of Bilitis") (1894)

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Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind,
And therefore is wing'd Cupid painted blind.

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To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.

Bertrand Russell Marriage and Morals (1929)

Not for the body, but for the heart; companion and company are needed.

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Love seldom haunts the breast where learning lies,
And Venus sets ere Mercury can rise.

Alexander Pope

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