Romantic Quotes

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[Golfers] are a special kind of moral relist who nips the normal romantic and idealstic yearnings in the bud by proving once or twice a… — Alistair Cooke
It is the addition of strangeness to beauty that constitutes the romantic character in art. — Walter Hagen
To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only… — Howard Zinn
To understand oneself is the classic form of consolation; to elude oneself is the romantic. — George Santayana
It is not the irregular hours or irregular diet that makes the romantic life. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
There's a fascination frantic in a ruin that's romantic. — W. S. Gilbert
Some dreams we have are nothing else but dreams, Unnatural and full of contradictions; Yet others of our most romantic schemes, Are something more than… — Thomas Hood
Whether the charmer sinner it, or saint it, If folly grow romantic, I must paint it. — Alexander Pope
Every ship is a romantic object, except that we sail in. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
He must have a truly romantic nature, for he weeps when there is nothing at all to weep about. — Oscar Wilde
You know it's love when you want to keep holding hands even after you're sweaty. — Rita Rudner
If you describe things as better than they are, you are considered to be a romantic; if you describe things as worse than they are,… — Quentin Crisp
Classic art was the art of necessity: modern romantic art bears the stamp of caprice and chance. — Max Eastman
Mozart has the classic purity of light and the blue ocean; Beethoven the romantic grandeur which belongs to the storms of air and sea, and… — Henri Frederic Amiel
Sir Hiram Maxim is a genuine and typical example of the man of science, romantic, excitable, full of real but somewhat obvious poetry, a little… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
The first love affair you must consummate is the love affair with yourself. Only then are you ready for a romantic relationship. — Nathaniel Branden
Hush little baby, Dont you cry, Dont cut your arms, Dont say goodbye. Put down that razor, Put down that light, It maybe hard but,… — Emily Giffin
I have tried to show why I believe that the biologist is the most romantic figure on earth at the present day. At first sight… — John B. S. Haldane
In this commonplace world every one is said to be romantic who either admires a fine thing or does one. — Alexander Pope
I don't like to search too much. I find it is easier when romance finds you. — Michelle Trachtenberg

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