Saint Valentine's Day, commonly shortened to Valentine's Day, is an annual commemoration held on February 14 celebrating love and affection between intimate companions. The day is named after one or more early Christian martyrs named Valentine and was established by Pope Gelasius I in 500 AD.
It was deleted from the Roman calendar of saints in 1969 by Pope Paul VI, but its religious observance is still permitted. It is traditionally a day on which lovers express their love for each other by presenting flowers, offering confectionery, and sending greeting cards(known as "valentines"). The day first became associated with romantic love in the circle of Geoffrey Chaucer in theHigh Middle Ages, when the tradition of courtly love flourished.
Modern Valentine's Day symbols include the heart-shaped outline, doves, and the figure of the winged Cupid. Since the 19th century, handwritten valentines have given way to mass-produced greeting cards.
Famous Quotes
Marguerite de Valois
It is the same in love as in war; a fortress that parleys is half taken.
Todd Ruthman
It is the things in common that make relationships enjoyable, but it is the little differences that make them interesting.
William Shakespeare
Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind,
And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.
Marguerite de Valois
It is the same in love as in war; a fortress that parleys is half taken.
Todd Ruthman
It is the things in common that make relationships enjoyable, but it is the little differences that make them interesting.
William Shakespeare
Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind,
And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.
Aerosmith
Falling in love is so hard on the knees.
Anonymous
True love is when you put someone on a pedestal, and they fall - but you are there to catch them.
Mignon McLaughlin
In the arithmetic of love, one plus one equals everything, and two minus one equals nothing.
Falling in love is so hard on the knees.
Anonymous
True love is when you put someone on a pedestal, and they fall - but you are there to catch them.
Mignon McLaughlin
In the arithmetic of love, one plus one equals everything, and two minus one equals nothing.
Jacques Benigne Bossuel
The heart has reasons that reason does not understand.
Philip Robinson
And when the future hinges on the next words that are said, don't let logic interfere, believe your heart instead.
Luciano de Crescenzo
We are, each of us angels with only one wing; and we can only fly by embracing one another.
The heart has reasons that reason does not understand.
Philip Robinson
And when the future hinges on the next words that are said, don't let logic interfere, believe your heart instead.
Luciano de Crescenzo
We are, each of us angels with only one wing; and we can only fly by embracing one another.
Julins Gordon
Love is not blind - it sees more, not less. But because it sees more, it is willing to see less.
Aristotle
Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.
If you are single, then Valentine's Day may not be greatest time of the year for you. Seeing other people celebrating their love can make one a tad envious. However, don't be let down. Lift your sagging spirits by reading these valentine's quotes and by dreaming of your own happily-ever-after.
Robert Burton
No cord or cable can so forcibly draw, or hold so fast, as love can do with a twined thread.
Alexandra Penney
The ultimate test of a relationship is to disagree but to hold hands.
Mignon McLaughlin
No one can understand love who has not experienced infatuation. And no one can understand infatuation, no matter how many times he has experienced it.
No cord or cable can so forcibly draw, or hold so fast, as love can do with a twined thread.
Alexandra Penney
The ultimate test of a relationship is to disagree but to hold hands.
Mignon McLaughlin
No one can understand love who has not experienced infatuation. And no one can understand infatuation, no matter how many times he has experienced it.
Anonymous
A kiss is something you cannot give without taking and cannot take without giving.
Theodor Reik
The lover is a monotheist who knows that other people worship different gods but cannot himself imagine that there could be other gods.
Henny Youngman
A kiss is the shortest distance between two.
Mae West
I have found men who didn't know how to kiss.
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