French Love Quotes

"L'amour est la poésie des sens." ~ Honoré de Balzac.

Meaning "Love is the poetry of the senses", what could be more poetic than a line like this. Since time immemorial, the French language has been utilized to weave together some of the most beautiful and poetic quotes about the most beautiful sensation in the whole wide world, love. These romantic French phrases have done more than adorning the pages of literature. They have solaced every lonely lover with consolations by stating the anomalous behavior of love, they have allowed the eager lover to express his truest feelings to his beloved which remained unexpressed due to a lack of appropriate words, and these French love phrases inspired many a writer to seek inspiration and create their own masterpiece. So, here's your chance, this love season to heat up the magic in your love life by mesmerizing your beloved with some of these French love quotations, in any way you like!

Famous French Love Quotes

Here are some famous French sayings about l'amour to have been ever penned down, etched into the sands of time forever more!

"C'est cela l'amour, tout donner, tout sacrifier sans espoir de retour." ~ Albert Camus.
"That is love, giving away everything without the slightest desire to get anything in return"

"Le prix d'Amour, c'est seulement Amour... Il faut aimer si l'on veut etre aime..." ~ Voltaire.
"The price of love can only be love itself, therefore love others to be showered with love yourself."

"Il n'y a qu'un bonheur dans la vie, c'est d'aimer et d'être aimé." ~ George Sand.
"There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved."

"Entre deux coeurs qui s'aiment, nul besoin de paroles." ~ Marceline Desbordes-Valmore.
"No words are needed between two hearts in love."

"L'amour fait les plus grandes douceurs et les plus sensibles infortunes de la vie." ~ Madeleine de Scudery.
"Love makes the greatest pleasures and most sensitive misfortunes of life."

"L'on est bien faible quand on est amoureux." ~ Madame de Lafayette.
"Love makes one emotionally vulnerable and weak."

"Le plus grand faible des hommes, c'est l'amour qu'ils ont de la vie." ~ Molière.
"The greatest weakness of a man is the love of his life."

"Amour veut tout sans nombre, amour n'a point de loi." ~ Pierre de Ronsard.
"Love wants everything without condition, love has no law."

"Quand il me prend dans les bras,
Il me parle tout bas,
Je vois la vie en rose." ~ Edith Piaf.
"When he takes me in his arms,
and speaks to me softly,
I see the world through rose-colored glasses."

"Aimer et être aimé sera la grande affaire de toute notre vie." ~ Rousseau.
"To love and be loved will be the greatest event in our lives."

"La passion est toute l'humanité, sans elle, la religion, l'histoire, le roman, l'art seraient inutiles." ~ Honoré de Balzac.
"Passion is in all humanity, without it, religion, history, literature, and art would be rendered useless."

So, there you go! Some of the greatest words spoken by some of the greatest minds in history. These love quotes in French are eternal for they are as true for us today, as they were for the generations before us. Use these French quotes about love this Valentine's Day in cards for your beloved and see her eyes warm up instantly. After all, love isn't all about tears and heartbreak you know. So go ahead and sweep her off her feet in style, with these French love quotes, like all these great lovers before you did.