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> [“Love is a certain inborn suffering derived from the sight of and excessive meditation upon the beauty of the opposite sex, which causes each one to wish above all things the embraces of the other and by common desire to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andreas-capellanus/love-is-a-certain-inborn-suffering-derived-from-the-sight-of-and/)

[Andreas Capellanus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andreas-capellanus/)

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## More by Andreas Capellanus

> [If out of all mankind one finds a single friend, he has found something more precious than any treasure, since there is nothing in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andreas-capellanus/if-out-of-all-mankind-one-finds-a-single-friend-he-has-found/)

[Andreas Capellanus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andreas-capellanus/)

> [“For true love joins the hearts of two persons with so great a feeling of delight that they cannot desire to embrace anybody else;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andreas-capellanus/for-true-love-joins-the-hearts-of-two-persons-with-so-great-a-feeling/)

[Andreas Capellanus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andreas-capellanus/)

> [Even if the whole earth and sea were turned to gold, they could hardly satisfy the avarice of a woman... You can more easily…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andreas-capellanus/even-if-the-whole-earth-and-sea-were-turned-to-gold-they-could-hardly/)

[Andreas Capellanus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andreas-capellanus/)

> [“Love is a certain inborn suffering derived from the sight of and excessive meditation upon the beauty of the opposite sex, which causes each…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andreas-capellanus/love-is-a-certain-inborn-suffering-derived-from-the-sight-of-and/)

[Andreas Capellanus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andreas-capellanus/)

> [Love is always a stranger in the house of avarice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andreas-capellanus/love-is-always-a-stranger-in-the-house-of-avarice/)

[Andreas Capellanus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andreas-capellanus/)

> [“No one should be deprived of love without the very best of reasons. ”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andreas-capellanus/no-one-should-be-deprived-of-love-without-the-very-best-of-reasons/)

[Andreas Capellanus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andreas-capellanus/)

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