Love built on beauty, soon as beauty, dies.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Love based only on looks fades when beauty fades.
- In plain terms
- Shallow love ends when beauty ends.
- What can you take from it?
- Build love on more than appearance.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What lasts when looks change?
- What do you value most in others?
Another view
Beauty can be part of love without being its only foundation.
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