Romantic Letters of Love of the Past
"Since love grows within you, so beauty grows.
For love is the beauty of the soul"
- St. Augustine of Hippo, Romanized Berber philosopher and theologian (354-430 AD)
"Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it."
- Thomas Fuller, English historian (1608-1661)
"One word frees us of all the weight and pain in life.
That word is Love."
- Sophocles, Ancient Greek Tragedian (496-406 BC)
"True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself.
It is equal and pure, without violent demonstrations:
it is seen with white hairs and is always young in the heart."
- Honoré de Balzac, French novelist and playwright (1799-1850)