love 3

It was Nicholas Chamfort who once said, ‘once love is purged of vanity, it resembles a feeble convalescent, hardly able to drag itself about.’ One could not agree with him more. He, like so many other people, has realized that “love euphemistically describes the effects of an instinctual drive and depends entirely on physical appearance and opportunity. Romantic love is a cultural invention that has generally produced either misery or delusion—not happiness—among the …

…generally produced either misery or delusion—not happiness—among the sentimental and self deceived fools who espouse it.” Since time in memorial, literary figures and scholars have been skeptical of the feelings we profess for others. These are feelings that have commonly come to be referred to as love. Where they originated from, no one knows. Some even believe that love is a dirty trick played on us to achieve the continuation of the species.