{"id":20000,"date":"2014-01-07T16:55:47","date_gmt":"2014-01-07T15:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=20000"},"modified":"2014-06-17T18:08:48","modified_gmt":"2014-06-17T16:08:48","slug":"quest-ce-que-lamour-what-is-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/quest-ce-que-lamour-what-is-love\/","title":{"rendered":"Qu’est-ce que l’amour? (What is Love?)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0L’amour <\/strong><\/em>(love.)<\/p>\n

Such a wide subject that had countless French thinkers and writers ponder about it.<\/p>\n

Today, we will go through a few quotations that aim to define it for what it really is.<\/p>\n

In other words, it is l’amour<\/strong>\u00a0<\/i>through des yeux fran\u00e7ais\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>(French eyes.)<\/p>\n

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Aimer, c’est trouver sa richesse hors de soi<\/strong><\/em>
\n(To love is to find one’s wealth out of one’s self)<\/strong>
\nAlain (Emile Chartier), “\u00c9l\u00e9ments de philosophie<\/em>“, Gallimard.<\/p>\n

Les raisons d’aimer et de vivre varient comme font les saisons<\/strong><\/em>.
\n(The reasons of loving and living vary as the seasons do)<\/strong>
\nAragon, Les Yeux d’Elsa<\/em>, “Pour un chant national<\/em>“, Gallimard.<\/p>\n

Pour aimer, il faut avoir du courage\u00a0quand on a de l’argent, et un romantisme d\u00e9lirant lorsqu’on est pauvre.<\/strong><\/em>
\n(To love, one must have courage when one is rich, and a great deal of romanticism when one is poor)<\/strong>
\nChristine Anthony, “Un Type merveilleux”<\/p>\n

La femme qu’on aime, c’est celle qui vous fait\u00a0oublier que vous en aimerez d’autres.<\/strong> <\/em>
\n(The woman one loves is the one who makes you forget that you would love other ones.)<\/strong>
\nY. Audouard, “Les Pens\u00e9es<\/em>“, Le Cherche Midi.<\/p>\n

Il n’y a pas d’amour, il n’y a que des preuves d’amour. <\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>
\n(There is no such a thing as love, only proofs of love.)<\/strong>
\nJ. de Bourbon Busset, “Tu ne mourras pas<\/em>“, Gallimard.<\/p>\n

Il faut aimer au-dessus de ses moyens.<\/strong> <\/em>
\nJ. de Bourbon Busset, “Tu ne mourras pas<\/em>“, Gallimard.<\/p>\n

Quand on n’aime pas trop, on n’aime pas<\/strong><\/em> assez.
\n<\/strong>(When one does not love too much, one does not love enough.)<\/strong>
\nR. de Bussy-Rabutin, “Les Maximes d’amour\u00a0pour les femmes<\/em>“.<\/p>\n

Qui n’aime personne se d\u00e9teste : l’amour de soi\u00a0passe\u00a0par autrui<\/strong><\/em>.
\n(People who love no one hate themselves: Self love goes through others.)
\n<\/strong><\/span>M. Chapelan, “Amoralit\u00e9s famili\u00e8res<\/em>“, Grasset.<\/p>\n

Celui qui aime beaucoup ne pardonne pas facilement.
\n<\/strong><\/em>(The person who loves too much does not easily forgive.)
\n<\/strong>Claudel, “L’Otage<\/em>“, Gallimard.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0L’amour (love.) Such a wide subject that had countless French thinkers and writers ponder about it. Today, we will go through a few quotations that aim to define it for what it really is. In other words, it is l’amour\u00a0through des yeux fran\u00e7ais\u00a0(French eyes.) Aimer, c’est trouver sa richesse hors de soi (To love is…<\/p>\n

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