Greatest French Love Quotes

Here are some of the most beautiful and romantic french love quotes we could find! Read, listen and enjoy....

The french novelist George Sand (1804-1876), born Amandine Aurore Lucile Dupin, was (in)famous for her love affairs and dressing in mens clothing.

One of her most well known french love quotes is this one:

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.

Edith Piaf was a popular parisian singer and one of her signature songs is La Vie en Rose.

They are lovely french love quotes, even without the music :

Quand il me prend dans les bras
Il me parle tout bas
Je vois la vie en rose

When he takes me in his arms
and speaks to me softly
I see the world through rose-colored glasses

Here is a video of Edith Piaf if you'd like to hear her sing it!

Marceline Desbordes-Valmore (1786-1859), one of the finest french romantic poets, penned these lovely words:

Entre deux coeurs qui s'aiment, nul besoin de paroles.
Two hearts in love need no words.

Anna de Noailles (1876-1933) was another well known french poet and novelist, this is one of our favourite french love quotes from one of her poems:

Il n'est rien de réel que le rêve et l'amour.
Nothing is real but dreams and love.(Le Coeur innombrable)

More French Love Quotes...

Here are a few more famous french love quotes from the greatest french thinkers:

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

Et vivre sans aimer n'est pas proprement vivre.
To live without love is not to properly live.
(Molière)

Je serai grand, et toi riche, Puisque nous nous aimerons.
Since we shall love each other, I shall be great and you shall be rich.
(Victor Hugo)

L'amour comme les hirondelles, porte bonheur aux maisons.
Love, like swallows, brings luck to a home.
(Emile Zola)

L'amour est l'étoffe de la nature que l'imagination a brodée.
Love is the cloth which imagination embroiders.
(Voltaire)

L'amour est la seule passion qui ne souffre ni passé ni avenir.
Love is the only passion that cares not about the past or the future.
(Balzac)

L'amour est une mer dont la femme est la rive.
Love is an ocean and a woman is the shore.
(Victor Hugo)

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

Le seul vrai language au monde est un baiser.
The only true language in the world is a kiss.
(Musset)

Le véritable amour, dès que le coeur soupire, instruit en un moment de tout ce qu'on doit dire.
True love is like a sigh from the heart... it teaches in a moment everything one ought to say. (Corneille)

Tout est magie dans les rapports entre homme et femme.
Everything is magic in the relationship between a man and a woman.
(Paul Valéry)