“There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain.”
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Plato 80
Classical Greek philosopher -427–-347 BCRelated quotes
“The actors are, it seems, the usual three:
Husband and wife and lover.”
St. 25.
Modern Love http://www.ev90481.dial.pipex.com/Meredith/modern_love.htm (1862)
“Have patience; the lovers will suffer lovers always suffer.”
Source: Galilee
“There is no born lover, there is no born Don Juan, for we are all lovers.”
Lover http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/lover-16/
From the poems written in English
“Every artist is an unhappy lover. And unhappy lovers want to tell their story.”
Source: The Black Prince
“A wise lover values not so much the gift of the lover as the love of the giver.”
Source: The Imitation of Christ
“It seemed that the only lover she had ever wanted was a lover in a dream.”
Source: The Beautiful and Damned
The Hand of Ethelberta (1876), ch. 20
“You, Honor, you first veiled
The fountains of delight,
Denying those waves to the thirsting lovers.”
Tu prima, Onor, velasti
La fonte dei diletti,
Negando l'onde a l'amorosa sete.
Act I, Choro, line 358.
Aminta (1573)
