proverbs of love

[desmond dillon]

an old man in love is like a flower in winter..... . (Chinese proverb)

loving a woman who scorns you is like licking honey from a thorn....... (Welsh proverb)

sex is the poor mans opera....... .(Italian proverb)

it is best to cultivate a heart of love that knows no anger...... .(Irish proverb)

a loving heart is always young.......... .(French proverb)

perfect love sometimes does not come until the first grandchild...... .(Welsh proverb)

love that is old never rusts.............. .(German proverb)

he who finds not love finds nothing......... .(Chilean proverb)

couples who love speak a thousand things without talking...... .(Portuguese proverb)

tell me whom you love and i will tell you who you are......... .(African proverb)

a life without love is like a year without summer....... .(Swedish proverb)

for news of the heart ask the face........... .(Cambodian proverb)

love lives in cottages as well as in court....... .(English proverb)

a man in love mistakes a harelip for a dimple........ .(Japanese proverb)

power cannot command love nor money buy it....... .(Anonymous)

like the fire of life love either consumes or purifies..... .(Anonymous)

the intellect is always fooled by the heart........ (French proverb)

love and do what you like........... (St. Augustine)

at the touch of love everyone becomes a poet........ (Plato)

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