Love is free: to promise for ever to love the same woman, is not less absurd than to promise to believe the same creed: such a vow in both cases, excludes us from all enquiry.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Love cannot be bound by promises like believing in a specific creed; it must remain free to be genuine.
- In plain terms
- Promising to love forever is as unreasonable as promising to believe the same thing.
- What can you take from it?
- True love resists binding vows.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Should love be promised?
- Can promises last?
Another view
Many people find stability and joy in such vows.
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