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William Shakespeare, playwright - "A friend is one that knows you as you are, understands where you have been, accepts what you have become, and still, gently allows you to grow."

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Lily Tomlin, actress - "If love is the answer, could you please rephrase the question?"

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Aristotle, philosopher - "Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies."

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Henry Kissinger, statesman - "Nobody will ever win the battle of the sexes. There’s too much fraternizing with the enemy."

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The Beatles, rock legends - "All you need is love."

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Charles M. Schulz, cartoonist - "All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn’t hurt."

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Christopher Marlowe, playwright - "Money can’t buy love, but it improves your bargaining position."

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Voltaire, writer - "Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination."

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George Sand, novelist - "There is only one happiness in life: to love and be loved."

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Zsa Zsa Gabor, actress - "I want a man who’s kind and understanding. Is that too much to ask of a millionaire?"

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Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, painter - "Love is when the desire to be desired takes you so badly that you feel you could die of it."

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Oscar Wilde, playwright - "To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance."

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Pablo Picasso, painter - "Love is the greatest refreshment in life."

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Walt Disney, animator - "I love Mickey Mouse more than any woman I have ever known."

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Mahatma Gandhi, activist - "Where there is love, there is life."

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Emily Brontë, novelist - "Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same."

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Helen Keller, author - "The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart."

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Henry Ford, industrialist - "My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me."

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Jonathan Swift, satirist - "Lord! I wonder what fool it was that first invented kissing."

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Trent Shelton, NFL player - "Your flaws are perfect for the heart that’s meant to love you."

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Robert Browning, playwright - "Grow old with me! The best is yet to be."

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Albert Einstein, physicist - "Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love."

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Jim Gaffigan, comedian - "Without Valentine’s Day, February would be…well, January."

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Jules Renard, author - "Love is like an hourglass, with the heart filling up as the brain empties."

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Lenny Bruce, comedian - "There are never enough I Love You’s."

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Pearl Bailey, singer-actress - "What the world really needs is more love and less paperwork."

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Fernando Pessoa, poet - "Look, there’s no metaphysics on earth like chocolates."

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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, writer - "Loving is not just looking at each other, it’s looking in the same direction."

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Vincent van Gogh, painter - "Love is something eternal; the aspect may change, but not the essence."

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Plato, philosopher - "Love is a grave mental disease."

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