Maurois A mixture of admiration and pity is one of the surest recipes for affection. Most affections are habits or duties we lack the courage to end. Walter Raleigh Romance is a love affair in other that domestic surroundings. Oscar Wilde Romance should never begin with sentiment. It should begin with science and end with a settlement.
Nothing spoils romance so much as a sense of humor in the woman.
When one is in love one always begins by deceiving oneself, and one always ends by deceiving others. This is what the world calls a romance. Uknown A romance that ends in indifference has gone through a full course of development. To most men any romance which runs beyond the limits of an episode becomes a nuisance. Romance like donut.