“Men of sense, whatever you may chuse to say, do not want silly wives.”
Jane Austen
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Dating Quotes
200 FAMOUS QUOTES · DATING
Dating Quotes
Read 200 of the best dating quotes about first dates, flirting, falling in love and romance, from Shakespeare, Jane Austen, Oscar Wilde and more.
“Till this moment I never knew myself.”
Jane Austen
Self-DiscoveryGrowth
“Vanity, not love, has been my folly.”
Jane Austen
PrideLessons
“Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless?”
Charlotte Brontë
Self-RespectUnrequited Love
“Marriage is so unlike everything else. There is something even awful in the nearness it brings.”
George Eliot
MarriageIntimacy
“And at home by the fire, whenever you look up, there I shall be - and whenever I look up, there will be you.”
Thomas Hardy
ProposalForever
“It is difficult for a woman to define her feelings in language which is chiefly made by men to express theirs.”
Thomas Hardy
WomenFeelings
“I loved Dora Spenlow to distraction!”
Charles Dickens
CrushFunny
“I loved her against reason, against promise, against peace, against hope, against happiness, against all discouragement that could be.”
Charles Dickens
Unrequited LovePassion
“The only difference between a caprice and a lifelong passion is that the caprice lasts a little longer.”
Oscar Wilde
FlingsWitty
“Men marry because they are tired; women, because they are curious: both are disappointed.”
Oscar Wilde
MarriageFunny
“If you look for perfection, you'll never be content.”
Leo Tolstoy
ExpectationsDating Advice
“O whistle, an' I'll come to you, my lad.”
Robert Burns
FlirtingFun
“A little still she strove, and much repented, and whispering 'I will ne'er consent' - consented.”
Lord Byron
FlirtingFunny
“I cannot exist without you - I am forgetful of every thing but seeing you again.”
John Keats
Love LettersLonging
“For love all love of other sights controls, and makes one little room an everywhere.”
John Donne
TogethernessRomance
“Come, my Celia, let us prove, while we may, the sports of love.”
Ben Jonson
Seize The DayFlirting
“There is a garden in her face, where roses and white lilies grow.”
Thomas Campion
BeautyAdmiration
“Go, lovely Rose - tell her that wastes her time and me.”
Edmund Waller
FlirtingRoses
“My true love hath my heart, and I have his, by just exchange one for the other given.”
Philip Sidney
Mutual LoveRomance
“Sweet Helen, make me immortal with a kiss.”
Christopher Marlowe
KissingBeauty
“When mastery comes, the God of Love anon beateth his wings, and farewell, he is gone!”
Geoffrey Chaucer
FreedomRelationships
“She is coming, my own, my sweet!”
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
ExcitementDate Night
“I loved you first: but afterwards your love outsoaring mine, sang such a strain.”
Christina Rossetti
Mutual LoveRomance
“By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth.”
The Bible (Song of Solomon 3:1)
LongingRomance