Who can give law to lovers? Love is a greater law to itself.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Love governs itself and is a higher law than any imposed rule.
- In plain terms
- Love is its own supreme rule.
- What can you take from it?
- Follow love’s inner guidance rather than external authority.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What does it mean to let love be the law?
- When might love conflict with duty?
Another view
Love can be irrational and conflict with societal norms.
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