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> [Oh! you shall see how well I know how to love! I can only love; I know only how to love! With moderate faculties, we can yet do much when we center them on a single object.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanne-julie-eleonore-de-lespinasse/oh-you-shall-see-how-well-i-know-how-to-love-i-can-only-love-i-know/)

[Jeanne Julie Eleonore de Lespinasse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeanne-julie-eleonore-de-lespinasse/)

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> [Oh, my dear, my tragedy is that you don't need to be loved as I know how to love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanne-julie-eleonore-de-lespinasse/oh-my-dear-my-tragedy-is-that-you-don-t-need-to-be-loved-as-i-know/)

[Jeanne Julie Eleonore de Lespinasse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeanne-julie-eleonore-de-lespinasse/)

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## More by Jeanne Julie Eleonore de Lespinasse

> [You soothe my soul. You fill it with so tender a sentiment that it is sweet to live during the time that I see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanne-julie-eleonore-de-lespinasse/you-soothe-my-soul-you-fill-it-with-so-tender-a-sentiment-that-it-is/)

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> [none but the unhappy are worthy of friends; if your soul had never suffered never could you have entered mine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanne-julie-eleonore-de-lespinasse/none-but-the-unhappy-are-worthy-of-friends-if-your-soul-had-never/)

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> [Oh! you shall see how well I know how to love! I can only love; I know only how to love! With moderate faculties,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanne-julie-eleonore-de-lespinasse/oh-you-shall-see-how-well-i-know-how-to-love-i-can-only-love-i-know/)

[Jeanne Julie Eleonore de Lespinasse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeanne-julie-eleonore-de-lespinasse/)

> [Oh, my dear, my tragedy is that you don't need to be loved as I know how to love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanne-julie-eleonore-de-lespinasse/oh-my-dear-my-tragedy-is-that-you-don-t-need-to-be-loved-as-i-know/)

[Jeanne Julie Eleonore de Lespinasse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeanne-julie-eleonore-de-lespinasse/)

> [I read what I feel, and not what I see.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanne-julie-eleonore-de-lespinasse/i-read-what-i-feel-and-not-what-i-see/)

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> [Ah! mon Dieu! how the mind shrinks by loving! it is true that the soul does not, but what can one do with a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanne-julie-eleonore-de-lespinasse/ah-mon-dieu-how-the-mind-shrinks-by-loving-it-is-true-that-the-soul/)

[Jeanne Julie Eleonore de Lespinasse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeanne-julie-eleonore-de-lespinasse/)

> [I do not comprehend those rules of conduct that make us so content with self and so cold to those we love. I detest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanne-julie-eleonore-de-lespinasse/i-do-not-comprehend-those-rules-of-conduct-that-make-us-so-content/)

[Jeanne Julie Eleonore de Lespinasse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeanne-julie-eleonore-de-lespinasse/)

> [I love you as one should, to excess. With folly, delight and despair.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanne-julie-eleonore-de-lespinasse/i-love-you-as-one-should-to-excess-with-folly-delight-and-despair/)

[Jeanne Julie Eleonore de Lespinasse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeanne-julie-eleonore-de-lespinasse/)

> [Calumny spreads like an oil-spot: we endeavor to cleanse it, but the mark remains.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanne-julie-eleonore-de-lespinasse/calumny-spreads-like-an-oil-spot-we-endeavor-to-cleanse-it-but-the/)

[Jeanne Julie Eleonore de Lespinasse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeanne-julie-eleonore-de-lespinasse/)

> [nothing is stronger or better founded than the sentiments for which we can give no reason.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanne-julie-eleonore-de-lespinasse/nothing-is-stronger-or-better-founded-than-the-sentiments-for-which/)

[Jeanne Julie Eleonore de Lespinasse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeanne-julie-eleonore-de-lespinasse/)

> [Oh! how many times we die before death!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanne-julie-eleonore-de-lespinasse/oh-how-many-times-we-die-before-death/)

[Jeanne Julie Eleonore de Lespinasse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeanne-julie-eleonore-de-lespinasse/)

> [I love the abandonment to impulse, I act from impulse only, and I love to madness that others do the same by me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanne-julie-eleonore-de-lespinasse/i-love-the-abandonment-to-impulse-i-act-from-impulse-only-and-i-love/)

[Jeanne Julie Eleonore de Lespinasse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeanne-julie-eleonore-de-lespinasse/)

> [If you can attain repose and calm, believe that you have seized happiness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanne-julie-eleonore-de-lespinasse/if-you-can-attain-repose-and-calm-believe-that-you-have-seized/)

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