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Cuando amor no es locura, no es amor.

English translation: Love without madness is not love.


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Spanish term or phrase:Cuando amor no es locura, no es amor.
English translation:Love without madness is not love.
Entered by: William Stein
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17:13 Oct 1, 2003
Spanish to English translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary
Spanish term or phrase: Cuando amor no es locura, no es amor.
spanish proverb
Dave
Love without madness is not love.
Explanation:
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William Stein
Local time: 09:48
Grading comment
Nice one - if i could have given extra points for speed I would!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +11Love without madness is not love.
William Stein
3 +6here are some choices:Gail
5 +1When love is not madness, it is not love
Nikki Graham
5When love is not folly, it is not love...
María Teresa Taylor Oliver
4You are not in love if you do not surrender your reason for your beloved
Valentín Hernández Lima


  

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0 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +11
Love without madness is not love.


Explanation:
One option

William Stein
Local time: 09:48
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 1214
Grading comment
Nice one - if i could have given extra points for speed I would!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mariel Alvarado
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agree  Sheilann: Ain't it the truth.
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agree  xxxOso: ¶:^)
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agree  Manuel Plaza
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agree  prciosasoy
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agree  Henrique Serra
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agree  Lisa Lloyd: :o)
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agree  colemh: 8-)
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agree  Jorge Rubino: yes!!
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agree  Ericka Ramírez: I love it
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agree  Patricia Baldwin
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  -> Thanks everybody!
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
You are not in love if you do not surrender your reason for your beloved


Explanation:
I just got carried away, sorry.

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Valentín Hernández Lima
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
When love is not folly, it is not love...


Explanation:
Another way of expressing it...

Here are a couple of quotes for you ;)

Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.--Samuel Johnson

What relieves a man’s obsession. Is not found with mere possession. Only love
reciprocated. Makes such folly compensated... - E. Shaun Russell, The Folly Of The Shepherd

María Teresa Taylor Oliver
Panama
Local time: 11:48
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in pair: 477
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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +6
here are some choices:


Explanation:
There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.
~Friedrich Nietzsche


The madness of love is the greatest of heaven's blessings.
~Plato


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Note added at 2003-10-01 17:31:43 (GMT)
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I found it!

Love that is not madness is not love.
~Pedro Calderon

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Note added at 2003-10-01 17:31:48 (GMT)
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I found it!

Love that is not madness is not love.
~Pedro Calderon

Gail
Local time: 11:48
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 191

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agree  verbis: bravo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
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agree  Dominique de Izaguirre: Great! I like the last one best.
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agree  Marion Burns: The last one. That's definitely it!
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agree  Patricia Fierro, M. Sc.
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agree  liliherre: yes! the second one.
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agree  Valerie Martin: Bien, el de Calderon.
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33 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
When love is not madness, it is not love


Explanation:
direct translation. Seems to work. See Google refs. It isn't love without madness. That's not what the Spanish says.

Quotes and Quotations - Pedro Calderon de la Barca - When love is ...
Quote: Pedro Calderon de la Barca, When love is not madness, it is
not love. Pedro Calderon de la Barca Send this quote to a friend! ...
www.jokemonster.com/quotes/quotes/p/q106507.html - 12k - Cached - Similar pages




    Reference: http://www.google.com/search?num=20&hl=en&lr=lang_en&ie=UTF-...
Nikki Graham
United Kingdom
Local time: 16:48
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 5368

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agree  margaret caulfield: You beat me to it, Nikki!!!
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