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“To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.”
Meaning: Lord Goring says this in Wilde's comedy An Ideal Husband, and Wilde had printed a near-identical line in 1894. Beneath the wit is a real idea: self-regard is a relationship you keep tending. Try one small act of kindness toward yourself each day, as you would for a partner. -
“Men always want to be a woman's first love; women like to be a man's last romance.”
Meaning: Men and women often have different romantic perspectives. -
“To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love.”
Meaning: It connects joy and romance.