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Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Eleanor Roosevelt1884–1962
The giving of love is an education in itself.
Eleanor Roosevelt1884–1962
- Education
It takes courage to love, but pain through love is the purifying fire which those who love generously know.
Eleanor Roosevelt1884–1962My Day (1935–1962)
- Courage
Remember me when I am gone away,
Gone far away into the silent land
Christina Rossetti1830–1894Remember (1862)In context
- Life & Death
What can I give Him,
Poor as I am?
If I were a shepherd
I would bring a lamb,
If I were a wise man
I would do my part,⁠—
Yet what I can I give Him,
Give my heart.
Christina Rossetti1830–1894In the Bleak Midwinter (1872)In context
- Charity
- Christmas
To write a good love letter, you ought to begin without knowing what you mean to say and to finish without knowing what you have written.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau1712–1778
- Writing
Hatred, as well as love, renders its votaries credulous.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau1712–1778V
- Anger
I think men who have a pierced ear are better prepared for marriage. They’ve experienced pain and bought jewelry.
Rita Rudnerborn 1953
- Marriage
I love being married, I do. It’s so great to find that one special person that you want to annoy for the rest of your life.
Rita Rudnerborn 1953Best of the Improv, Vol. 3 (2003)
- Comedy
- Marriage
Well, the old theory was “marry an older man because they’re more mature”. But the new theory is “men don’t mature — marry a young one”.
Rita Rudnerborn 1953Best of the Improv, Vol. 3 (2003)
- Marriage
- Men
Love is something far more than desire for sexual intercourse; it is the principal means of escape from the loneliness which afflicts most men and women throughout the greater part of their lives.
Bertrand Russell1872–1970Marriage and Morals (1929)
Love is, above all, the gift of oneself.
Bertrand Russell1872–1970
The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.
Bertrand Russell1872–1970What I Believe (1925)
- Knowledge
- Life & Death
Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.
Bertrand Russell1872–1970The Conquest of Happiness (1930)
- Happiness
Marriage is for women the commonest mode of livelihood, and the total amount of undesired sex endured by women is probably greater in marriage than in prostitution.
Bertrand Russell1872–1970Marriage and Morals (1929)
- Marriage
- Women