Love is blind?
February 22, 2013
Most of us have heard the expression, “Love is blind”, but may not know that Shakespeare coined the phrase, which was quite a favorite of his.
“But love is blind, and lovers cannot see
the pretty follies that themselves commit.”
— Shakespeare from The Merchant of Venice
The understood meaning of the quote is that loving another prevents us from seeing their faults and imperfections. Interestingly, love’s blindness is not just the stuff of Shakespearean plays and figurative language. Modern research studies found that feelings of love can actually suppress activity…