Love, free as air, at sight of human ties,
Spreads his light wings, and in a moment flies.
Valentine's Day Quotes
This page has no collection of its own behind it. It is built from the pages on love, romance and beauty, so it is very large and not selective. Use it as a place to start, and check what you pick.
The check matters more for love than for most topics, because so many of the famous lines are not what they seem. “Choose a job you love” is not Confucius, and “God made beer because he loves us” is probably a garbled Franklin on wine. See the Love page for both. If you are going to put a quote in a card, look at the label next to it first.
Saint Valentine is past;
Begin these wood-birds but to couple now?
Thrice happy's the wooing that's not long a-doing,
So much time is saved in the billing and cooing.
She had gained a reputation for beauty, and (which is often another thing) was beautiful.
And ladies of the Hesperides, that seemed
Fairer than feign'd of old.
Of Nature's gifts thou may'st with lilies boast
And with the half-blown rose.
Better to have the poet's heart than brain,
Feeling than song.