Leo Tolstoy

A discussion which we had had some days before came back clear before me.
Kátya had been saying that is was easier for a man to be in love and declare his love than for a woman.
'A man may say that he is in love, and a woman can't,' she said.
'I disagree,' said he; 'a man has no business to say, and can't say, that he is in love.'
'Why not?' I asked.
'Because it never can be true. What sort of a revelation is that, that a man is in love? A man seems to think that whenever he says the word, something will go pop!--that some miracle will be worked, signs and wonders, with all the big guns firing at once! In my opinion,' he went on, 'whoever solemnly brings out the words "I love you" is either deceiving himself or, which is even worse, deceiving others.'
--Family Happiness by: Leo Tolstoy
Part III; Pg. 22