Love
Affection and devotion toward another, from desire and friendship to charity and the love of God.
Works to read
- On Friendship by Michel de Montaigne, 1580 (Essays)
- Love and Freindship and Other Early Works by Jane Austen, 1790 (published 1922)
- The Two Gentlemen of Verona by William Shakespeare, c. 1590 · Great Books
- Sonnet 116 by William Shakespeare, 1609
- The Fair Jilt by Aphra Behn, 1688
- The Torrents of Spring by Ivan Turgenev, 1872
- Charmides, Lysis and Laches by Plato, c. 390s BC · Great Books
- Troilus and Criseyde by Geoffrey Chaucer, c. 1380s · Great Books
- The Life of Samuel Johnson by James Boswell, 1791 · Great Books
- Shirley by Charlotte Brontë, 1849
- The Happy Prince and Other Tales by Oscar Wilde, 1888
- The Canzoniere (Sonnets and Canzoni), with the Triumphs by Petrarch, c. 1327-1374
Passages
From the texts
For when the thing that we love is near us, it is a matter of course that it should bring delight with it.
— Augustine of Hippo, On Christian Doctrine
Verified quotations
Love vertue, she alone is free
— John Milton, The Shorter Poems and Samson Agonistes
Love all, trust a few, Do wrong to none
— William Shakespeare, All's Well That Ends Well
No remedy could cure the wounds of love
— Jean Racine, Phaedra
Love is your master, for he masters you
— William Shakespeare, The Two Gentlemen of Verona
I hate my life, and hold my love in horror
— Jean Racine, Phaedra
They do not love that do not show their love
— William Shakespeare, The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Passages are verified quotations from the library that use one of these words: love, charity, friendship, beloved. Sentences under “From the texts” are copied word for word from the full texts in this library. Read each in its context on the work's page.