--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: Love may, indeed, love the beloved when…" description: "\"Love may, indeed, love the beloved when her beauty is lost: but not because it is lost. Love may forgive all infirmities and love still in spite of the..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f16/anonymous-1_and-love_love-may-indeed-love-the-beloved-when-he_242530.jpg" --- # Love may, indeed, love the beloved when her beauty is… ![“Love may, indeed, love the beloved when her beauty is lost: but not because it is lost. Love may forgive all infirmities and love still in spite of them: but Love cannot cease to will their removal. Love is more sensitive than hatred itself to every blemish in the beloved… Of all powers he…” quote by Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f16/anonymous-1_and-love_love-may-indeed-love-the-beloved-when-he_242530.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f16/anonymous-1_and-love_love-may-indeed-love-the-beloved-when-he_242530.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f16/anonymous-1_and-love_love-may-indeed-love-the-beloved-when-he_242530.jpg) > “Love may, indeed, love the beloved when her beauty is lost: but not because it is lost. Love may forgive all infirmities and love still in spite of them: but Love cannot cease to will their removal. Love is more sensitive than hatred itself to every blemish in the beloved… Of all powers he forgives most, but he condones least: he is pleased with little, but demands all.” [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. Love persists despite loss of beauty, yet still wishes for the beloved's improvement, showing love's paradoxical desire for both acceptance and perfection. **In simple terms:** Love endures loss but still seeks betterment. Key Takeaway Accept imperfections while encouraging growth. Themes love acceptance imperfection desire for improvement paradox Mood reflective hopeful Type philosophical inspirational When to use this quote - relationships - personal growth - conflict resolution Key Concepts philosophical psychology ethics Questions to Reflect On - Do you accept loved ones as they are? - How can you balance acceptance with encouragement? A Different Perspective Love may become controlling if it demands change. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet [And love](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/and-love/) [Beauty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beauty/) [Beloved](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beloved/) [Beloved Powers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beloved-powers-2429489/) [Demand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/demand/) [Forgiving](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/forgiving/) [Hatred](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hatred/) [Her beauty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/her-beauty/) [Infirmities Love](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/infirmities-love-1787557/) [Infirmity](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/infirmity/) [Littles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/littles/) [Lost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lost/) [Lost love](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lost-love/) [Love](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/love/) [Love Beloved](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/love-beloved-1119166/) [Love is](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/love-is/) [May](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/may/) [Removal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/removal/) [Sensitive](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sensitive/) [Spite](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/spite/) [Stills](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/stills/) ## Related quotes > [There is perhaps no surer mark of folly, than to attempt to correct natural infirmities of those we love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-fielding/there-is-perhaps-no-surer-mark-of-folly-than-to-attempt-to-correct/) [Henry Fielding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-fielding/) > [Love may forgive all infirmities and love still in spite of them: but Love cannot cease to will their removal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/love-may-forgive-all-infirmities-and-love-still-in-spite-of-them-but/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Anger is a noble infirmity; the generous failing of the just; the one degree that riseth above zeal, asserting the prerogative of virtue.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/anger-is-a-noble-infirmity-the-generous-failing-of-the-just-the-one/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [You don't love the beloved without loving what the beloved loves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anas/you-don-t-love-the-beloved-without-loving-what-the-beloved-loves/) [Anas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anas/) > [Many love me, but by none am I enough beloved.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-oliphant/many-love-me-but-by-none-am-i-enough-beloved/) [Margaret Oliphant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-oliphant/) > [I love myself for I am a beloved child of the universe and the universe lovingly takes care of me now.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-hay/i-love-myself-for-i-am-a-beloved-child-of-the-universe-and-the/) [Louise Hay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-hay/) > [Love is not love if there is no beloved.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neville-goddard/love-is-not-love-if-there-is-no-beloved/) [Neville Goddard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neville-goddard/) > [“To love as my beloved does, I must love all those whom he loves. In heaven, there are neither nobles nor peasants. Only children…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julie-berry/to-love-as-my-beloved-does-i-must-love-all-those-whom-he-loves-in/) [Julie Berry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julie-berry/) > [Spiritual infirmities such as tepidity are caused, not only by chills but also by fevers, that is, by excessive zeal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/spiritual-infirmities-such-as-tepidity-are-caused-not-only-by-chills/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [“What a test of love it is, when the beloved is less than perfect.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philippa-gregory/what-a-test-of-love-it-is-when-the-beloved-is-less-than-perfect/) [Philippa Gregory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philippa-gregory/) > [Ambition it is the last infirmity of noble minds.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/ambition-it-is-the-last-infirmity-of-noble-minds/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Let him love none and be by none beloved!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/juvenal/let-him-love-none-and-be-by-none-beloved/) [Juvenal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/juvenal/) > [If you wish to find Love, don't look for the object of love but rather for the source of love. There you will find…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mooji/if-you-wish-to-find-love-don-t-look-for-the-object-of-love-but-rather/) [Mooji](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mooji/) > [Human infirmity in moderating and checking the emotions I name bondage : for, when a man is a prey to his emotions, he is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/human-infirmity-in-moderating-and-checking-the-emotions-i-name/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Life is a series of diminishments. Each cessation of an activity either from choice or some other variety of infirmity is a death, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/life-is-a-series-of-diminishments-each-cessation-of-an-activity-2/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) ## More by Anonymous > [And a tear rolled down her cheek, as she said goodbye; because she's walking away, and she's never looking back](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/and-a-tear-rolled-down-her-cheek-as-she-said-goodbye-because-she-s/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Life is full of change. That's how we learn and grow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/life-is-full-of-change-that-s-how-we-learn-and-grow/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [You'll seldom experience regret for anything that you've done. It is what you haven't done that will torment you. The message, therefore, is clear.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/you-ll-seldom-experience-regret-for-anything-that-you-ve-done-it-is/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Scrabble - The game is available in Braille. That’s a nice fact. This makes me feel better about humanity for some reason. I can’t…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/scrabble-the-game-is-available-in-braille-that-s-a-nice-fact-this/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Everyone needs someone to love, and I choose you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/everyone-needs-someone-to-love-and-i-choose-you/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [“THIS tale of my sore-troubled life I write,    To thank the God of nature, who conveyed    My soul to me, and with such care…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/this-tale-of-my-sore-troubled-life-i-write-to-thank-the-god-of-nature/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Put on my J's and dance the whole night away Im naughty by nature like Im hip-hop hooray With my hands in the sky,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/put-on-my-j-s-and-dance-the-whole-night-away-im-naughty-by-nature/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Me.. I have been through a lot, but I still manage to have a smile on my face. Im not worried about the past…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/me-i-have-been-through-a-lot-but-i-still-manage-to-have-a-smile-on-my/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Distance is a test of love. many will fail for those who can't withstand it, but for those who can, theres only one answer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/distance-is-a-test-of-love-many-will-fail-for-those-who-can-t/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Im sorry I ever tried...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/im-sorry-i-ever-tried/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Being betrayed by the one you love is the worst feeling in the world...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/being-betrayed-by-the-one-you-love-is-the-worst-feeling-in-the-world/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Let children support their parents or be imprisoned.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/let-children-support-their-parents-or-be-imprisoned/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [The only person I've ever purposely caused pain here is myself...By simply sharing, caring too much.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-only-person-i-ve-ever-purposely-caused-pain-here-is-myself-by/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [“Start a business, not a startup”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/start-a-business-not-a-startup/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [The truth is, of course, that the curtness of the Ten Commandments is an evidence, not of the gloom and narrowness of a religion,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-truth-is-of-course-that-the-curtness-of-the-ten-commandments-is/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Explore all 162,899 Anonymous quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) ## More And love quotes > [Broken by hardships, disappointments and tragedy, people can become discouraged and cynical. But lives can also be mended. Put back together well, they won't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-goodier/broken-by-hardships-disappointments-and-tragedy-people-can-become/) [Steve Goodier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-goodier/) > [By making conscious choices in our behavior and where we focus our attention, we can transform our experience of our body, decrease our biological…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deepak-chopra/by-making-conscious-choices-in-our-behavior-and-where-we-focus-our/) [Deepak Chopra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deepak-chopra/) > [We need, in a special way, to work twice as hard to help people understand that animals are fellow creatures, that we must protect…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cesar-chavez/we-need-in-a-special-way-to-work-twice-as-hard-to-help-people/) [Cesar Chavez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cesar-chavez/) > [There are few husbands whom the wife cannot win in the long run, by patience and love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-of-valois/there-are-few-husbands-whom-the-wife-cannot-win-in-the-long-run-by/) [Margaret of Valois](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-of-valois/) > [There's little in taking or giving, There's little in water or wine: This living, this living, this living, Was never a project of mine.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-parker/there-s-little-in-taking-or-giving-there-s-little-in-water-or-wine/) [Dorothy Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-parker/) > [We'll walk together holding hands, and kiss in broad daylight, and love each other as much as we want to, and no one will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/we-ll-walk-together-holding-hands-and-kiss-in-broad-daylight-and-love/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) > [Anyone who knows me knows that I am really into hair. I'm a real girly girl and love doing my hair and experimenting with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zooey-deschanel/anyone-who-knows-me-knows-that-i-am-really-into-hair-i-m-a-real-girly/) [Zooey Deschanel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zooey-deschanel/) > [“When we let go of our battles and open our heart to things as they are, then we come to rest in the present…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kornfield/when-we-let-go-of-our-battles-and-open-our-heart-to-things-as-they/) [Jack Kornfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kornfield/) > [Only when man succeeds in developing his reason and love further than he has done so far, only when he can build a world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erich-fromm/only-when-man-succeeds-in-developing-his-reason-and-love-further-than/) [Erich Fromm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erich-fromm/) > [I shall pray God to send charity into this hideous world, and sympathy for the weak, and love for the unhappy and unfortunate. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wyndham/i-shall-pray-god-to-send-charity-into-this-hideous-world-and-sympathy/) [John Wyndham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wyndham/) > [And I read the moral--A brave endeavour To do thy duty, whate'er its worth, Is better than life with love forever, And love is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-jeffrey-roche/and-i-read-the-moral-a-brave-endeavour-to-do-thy-duty-whate-er-its/) [James Jeffrey Roche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-jeffrey-roche/) > [The world is a wonderfully weird place, consensual reality is significantly flawed, no institution can be trusted, certainty is a mirage, security a delusion,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-robbins/the-world-is-a-wonderfully-weird-place-consensual-reality-is/) [Tom Robbins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-robbins/) > [You should never hate anyone, even your worst enemies. Everyone has something good about them. You have to find the redeeming quality and love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeannette-walls/you-should-never-hate-anyone-even-your-worst-enemies-everyone-has/) [Jeannette Walls](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeannette-walls/) > [I rejoice that the reign of Christ is such, while it thrills the soul with emotions, and opens before the highest intellect the most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-simpson/i-rejoice-that-the-reign-of-christ-is-such-while-it-thrills-the-soul/) [Matthew Simpson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-simpson/) > [If you abide in the love of Christ, rooted in the faith, you will encounter, even amid setbacks and suffering, the source of true…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/if-you-abide-in-the-love-of-christ-rooted-in-the-faith-you-will/) [Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/) [Browse all 2,635 And love quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/and-love/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Love may, indeed, love the beloved when her beauty is lost: but not because it is lost. Love may forgive all infirmities and love still in spite of them: but Love cannot cease to will their removal. Love is more sensitive than hatred itself to every blemish in the beloved… Of all powers he forgives most, but he condones least: he is pleased with little, but demands all.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anonymous" }, "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/love-may-indeed-love-the-beloved-when-her-beauty-is-lost-but-not/", "about": { "@type": "Thing", "name": "And love" }, "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/love-may-indeed-love-the-beloved-when-her-beauty-is-lost-but-not/#quotation", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f16/anonymous-1_and-love_love-may-indeed-love-the-beloved-when-he_242530.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f16/anonymous-1_and-love_love-may-indeed-love-the-beloved-when-he_242530.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f16/anonymous-1_and-love_love-may-indeed-love-the-beloved-when-he_242530.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Love may, indeed, love the beloved when her beauty is lost: but not because it is lost. Love may forgive all…” — Anonymous", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Anonymous", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "Love may, indeed, love the beloved...", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/love-may-indeed-love-the-beloved-when-her-beauty-is-lost-but-not/" } ], "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/love-may-indeed-love-the-beloved-when-her-beauty-is-lost-but-not/#breadcrumb" }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```