Quote#Love
I loved you ere I knew you: know you now
Quote byRobert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton · 1831–1891
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Chronicles and Characters (1868), Vol. ii, Book viii: From 1525 to 1789, "Vanini", p. 225..
English (original)
I loved you ere I knew you: know you now, And, having known you, love you better still.
— Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton
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