Love & Relationships Sayings

23 sayings found from the Ancient era from 23 authors

For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.

— Saint Paul c. 55-58 CE
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The love of humanity is the basis of medicine.

— Hippocrates c. 460-370 BCE
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There is the heat of Love, the pulsing rush of Longing, the lover's whisper, irresistible—magic to make the sanest man go mad.

— Homer c. 8th Century BCE
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You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.

— Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha) c. 5th century BCE
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I am the one who seeks to serve Ahura Mazda with devotion.

— Zoroaster c. 6th century BCE
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The nakedness of your father’s wife shall you not uncover: it is your father’s nakedness.

— Moses Approx. 1440 BCE
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Once again love drives me on, that loosener of limbs, bittersweet creature against which nothing can be done.

— Sappho c. 7th-6th Century BCE
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He who is not jealous is not in love.

— Saint Augustine c. 426
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My love for Antony is stronger than death.

— Cleopatra 30 BCE
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A blow from your friend is better than a kiss from your enemy.

— Pythagoras 500 BC
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The beloved of the gods speaks thus: This Dhamma edict was written twenty-six years after my coronation.

— Ashoka the Great c. 256 BCE
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The strong bull, beloved of Maat, stable of heart, whose will is effective in Thebes and Heliopolis.

— Ramesses II c. 1279–1213 BCE
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If a man's wife is caught lying with another man, they shall bind them and throw them into the water.

— Hammurabi c. 1754 BCE
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When the shoe fits, the foot is forgotten. When the belt fits, the belly is forgotten. When the heart is right, 'for' and 'against' are forgotten.

— Zhuangzi c. 4th century BCE
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If a man does not love his parents, he is not a man. If he does not respect his elders, he is not a man.

— Mencius c. 4th-3rd century BCE
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To know is not as good as to love, and to love is not as good as to enjoy.

— Xunzi c. 3rd century BCE
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Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do so with all your heart.

— Marcus Aurelius 161-180 CE
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Treat your men as you would your own beloved sons. And they will follow you into the deepest valley.

— Sun Tzu 5th century BCE
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The love of money is the mother of all evils.

— Diogenes 3rd century CE
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Love conquers all things; let us too surrender to Love.

— Virgil 37–30 BCE
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