“Love's mysteries in souls do grow,But yet the body is his book.”
More from John Donne on Love
“Love built on beauty, soon as beauty, dies.”
“I am two fools, I know, for loving, and for saying so in whining poetry.”
“Love, built on beauty, soon as beauty, dies.”
“If ever any beauty I did see,Which I desired, and got, 'twas but a dream of thee.”
“I am two fools, I know,For loving, and for saying so.”
“Twice or thrice had I lov'd thee, Before I knew thy face or name”
“If our two loves be one, or, thou and I Love so alike, that none do slacken, none can die.”
“Love built on beauty soon as beauty dies.”
“I am two fools I know for loving and saying so.”
“Love all love of other sights controls. And makes one little room an everywhere.”
Others on Love
Atticus Poetry
20 quotes“From the moment I saw her I knew this onewas worththebroken heart.”
Pablo Neruda
19 quotes“I want to do with you what spring does with the cherry trees.”
Leo Buscaglia
17 quotes“Love and self are one and the discovery of either is the realization of both”
Lord Byron
16 quotes“Though I love my country I do not love my countrymen.”
Khalil Gibran
16 quotes“If you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work.”
Nicholas Sparks
15 quotes“And I'd be willing to bet that you were great at it, if only because you have to love something before you can hate it.”
Mother Teresa
15 quotes“Let us all smile at each other for a smile is the beginning of love.”
Shakespeare
14 quotes“Love comforteth like sunshine after rain.”
Rumi
14 quotes“Travel brings power and love back into your life.”
Balzac
13 quotes“Our heart is a treasury; if you pour out all its wealth at once, you are bankrupt.”
Gabriel García Márquez
13 quotes“One could be happy not only without love, but despite it.”
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
12 quotes“You're something between a dream and a miracle.”