"If you wish to be loved, love" — Lucius Annaeus Seneca

One should always be in love. That is the reason one should never marry

Source: Miscellaneous Aphorisms (1911)

It is always incomprehensible to a man that a woman should refuse an offer of marriage

Source: Emma (1815)

To get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with

Source: Following the Equator, ch. 48 (1897)

The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.

Source: What I Believe (1925)

In every burning heart, in everything that hopes and fears and is, Love is the creative presence, the centre, the source of life, yea Life itself; yea, God himself!

Source: Salted With Fire (1897)

And love is something eternal, it changes its aspect but not its foundation.

Source: Vincent van Gogh Letters, letter 330 (18 March 1883)

Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quote

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