There can be - there ought to be - no medium course; a love-affair is either sober earnest or contemptible folly, if not wickedness: to gossip about it is, in the first instance, intrusive, unkind, or dangerous; in the second, simply silly. ~ Ch. 8
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Love affairs are either serious or foolish; gossiping about them is always wrong.
- In plain terms
- Gossip on love is either intrusive on silly, depending on the seriousness.
- What can you take from it?
- Never gossip about others' love lives.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Is all love serious?
- When is gossip okay?
Another view
Not all relationships are meant to be serious.
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