French artists always seem to have a knack for capturing the true essence of love. French quotes they utter could melt a heart of stone. They also describe precisely the range of passion and emotion someone head over heels in love feels deep inside his heart.
In this article, I'll be sharing some famous French love quotes. You can quote them to your l'amour and see his or her eyes light up. Plus you can learn one or two French words at the same time!
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1. L’amour est comme le vent, nous ne savons pas d’où il vient.
French novelist and playwright Honoré de Balzac says:
| L’amour est comme le vent, nous ne savons pas d’où il vient. | Love is like the wind, we never know where it will come from. |
L’amour est comme le vent, nous ne savons pas d’où il vient. Love is like the wind, we never know where it will come from. - Balzac
According to French singer-songwriter Serge Gainsbourg:
| La vie ne vaut pas d’être vécue sans amour. | Life is not worth living without love. |
La vie ne vaut pas d’être vécue sans amour. Life is not worth living without love. - Serge Gainsbourg
French poet and dramatist Alfred de Musset waxed poetic when he said:
| La vie est un sommeil, l'amour en est le rêve. | Life is a long sleep and love is its dream. |
La vie est un sommeil, l'amour en est le rêve. Life is a long sleep and love is its dream. - Musset
French mathematician and physicist Blaise Pascal famously said:
| Le cœur a ses raisons que la raison ne connaît pas/ignore. | The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of. |
Le cœur a ses raisons que la raison ne connaît pas/ignore. The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of. - Pascal
5. Il faut s'aimer, et puis il faut se le dire, et puis il faut se l'écrire, et puis il faut se baiser sur la bouche, sur les yeux et ailleurs.
French poet and novelist Victor Hugo perfectly captures the need to express your love each chance you get.
| Il faut s'aimer, et puis il faut se le dire, et puis il faut se l'écrire, et puis il faut se baiser sur la bouche, sur les yeux et ailleurs. | We must love, and tell, and then write each other about it, then we must kiss each other's mouth, and eyes, and elsewhere. |
Il faut s'aimer, et puis il faut se le dire, et puis il faut se l'écrire, et puis il faut se baiser sur la bouche, sur les yeux et ailleurs. We must love, and tell, and then write each other about it, then we must kiss each other's mouth, and eyes, and elsewhere. - Victor Hugo
Cuddle up with your sweetheart and listen to:
Alfred de Musset also said:
| Le seul vrai langage au monde est un baiser. | The only true language in the world is a kiss. |
Le seul vrai langage au monde est un baiser. The only true language in the world is a kiss. - Musset
French novelist and essayist Marcel Proust had this to say:
| On n'aime que ce qu'on ne possède pas tout entier. | We love only what we do not wholly possess. |
On n'aime que ce qu'on ne possède pas tout entier. We love only what we do not wholly possess. - Proust
8. Entre deux cœurs qui s’aiment, nul besoin de paroles.
French poet Marceline Desbordes-Valmore says it quite succintly:
| Entre deux cœurs qui s’aiment, nul besoin de paroles. | Two hearts in love need no words. |
Entre deux cœurs qui s’aiment, nul besoin de paroles. Two hearts in love need no words. - Marceline Desbordes-Valmore
French novelist George Sand once said:
| Il n'y a qu'un bonheur dans la vie, c'est d'aimer et d'être aimé. | There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved. |
Il n'y a qu'un bonheur dans la vie, c'est d'aimer et d'être aimé. There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved. - Sand
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Molière, one of the greatest writers to exist, once said:
| Vivre sans aimer n’est pas proprement vivre. | To live without loving is to not really live. |
Vivre sans aimer n’est pas proprement vivre. To live without loving is to not really live. - Molière
11. Aimer, ce n'est pas se regarder l'un l'autre, c'est regarder ensemble dans la même direction.
Famous French writer Antoine de St-Exupéry wrote:
| Aimer, ce n'est pas se regarder l'un l'autre, c'est regarder ensemble dans la même direction. | Love doesn't mean gazing at each other, but looking, together, in the same direction. |
Aimer, ce n'est pas se regarder l'un l'autre, c'est regarder ensemble dans la même direction.Love doesn't mean gazing at each other, but looking, together, in the same direction - Antoine de St-Exupéry
According to Honoré de Balzac:
| L'amour est la poésie des sens. | Love is the poetry of the senses. |
L'amour est la poésie des sens. Love is the poetry of the senses. - Balzac
Renowned French novelist Gustave Flaubert has this romantic thing to say about love.
| Oh ! si tu pouvais lire dans mon coeur, tu verrais la place où je t'ai mise ! | If you could read my heart, you would see the place I have given you there. |
Oh ! si tu pouvais lire dans mon coeur, tu verrais la place où je t'ai mise ! If you could read my heart, you would see the place I have given you there. - Flaubert
Another one by Antoine de SAINT-EXUPÉRY:
| On ne voit bien qu'avec le coeur. | We see well only with the heart. |
On ne voit bien qu'avec le coeur. We see well only with the heart. - Saint-Exupéry
Merde, Je t'aime tant. Shit, I love you so.
Admit it, there was a moment in your life when this exact thought occurred to you.
| Merde, Je t'aime tant. | Shit, I love you so. |
Conclusion
There you go with 14 French love quotes plus one bonus super useful quote. What's your favorite? Share it with us in the comments!
