He who doesn't see his lover's faults as virtues is not in love.

Der liebt nicht, der die Fehler des Geliebten nicht für Tugenden hält.

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Original Citation

Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. Spruche in Prosa Maximen und Reflexionen [Sayings in Prose, Maxims and Reflections]. c. 1840, no. 843.

Current Citation

Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. Maxims and Reflections, translated by Elizabeth Stopp, edited by Peter Hutchinson. Penguin Books, 2005, no. 843.