Novel · SatireShe blushed and so did he. She greeted him in a faltering voice, and he spoke to her without knowing what he was saying.VoltaireCandide · 1759★ 3.8
Play · Comedy (play)Even as one heat another heat expels, Or as one nail by strength drives out another, So the remembrance of my former love Is by a newer object quite forgotten.William ShakespeareThe Two Gentlemen of Verona · 1616★ 3.7
NovelEmma was like all his other mistresses; and as the charm of novelty gradually slipped from her like a piece of her clothing, he saw revealed in all its nakedness the eternal monotony of passion, which always assumes the same forms and always speaks the same language.Gustave FlaubertMadame Bovary · 1856★ 3.7
Tragedy (play)This bud of love, by summer's ripening breath, May prove a beauteous flower when next we meet.William Shakespeare1597★ 3.6