“A lover without indiscretion is no lover at all. Circumspection and devotion are a contradiction in terms.”

“All lovers of Christ can believe in him without believing the same things about him.”

Leslie Weatherhead (1893–1976) English theologian

“There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain.”

Plato (-427–-347 BC) Classical Greek philosopher

“All mankind love a lover.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet

“Sir, there have existed, in every age and every country, two distinct orders of men—the lovers of freedom, and the devoted advocates of power.”

Robert Hayne (1791–1839) American politician

“Happy are the beloved and the lovers and those who can live without love.”

Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986) Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator, and a key figure in Spanish language literature

“Have patience; the lovers will suffer lovers always suffer.”

Clive Barker book Galilee

“And you,
You can be mean
And I,
I'll drink all the time
'Cause we're lovers,
And that is a fact
Yes we're lovers,
And that is that”

David Bowie (1947–2016) British musician, actor, record producer and arranger

“Another lover hits the universe. The circle is broken. But with death comes rebirth. And like all lovers and sad people, I am a poet.”

Allen Ginsberg (1926–1997) American poet

“The lunatic, the lover, and the poet, are of imagination all compact.”

William Shakespeare A Midsummer Night's Dream