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For you to ask advice on the rules of love is no better than to ask advice on the rules of madness
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"For you to ask advice on the rules of love is no better than to ask advice on the rules of madness"

- Terence

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This quote by Terence is a tip that love is unforeseeable and can not be managed. It is a pointer that love is a powerful emotion that can be both stunning and chaotic. It is a suggestion that love is something that can not be comprehended through reasoning or reason. It is something that needs to be skilled and felt. The quote is recommending that requesting suggestions on the rules of love is useless because love is something that can not be managed or comprehended. It is something that needs to be knowledgeable and felt. The quote is likewise recommending that attempting to control love resembles trying to manage madness, which is impossible. It is a suggestion that love is something that needs to be embraced and accepted for what it is.

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Terence This quote is written / told by Terence between 185 BC and 159 BC. He was a famous Playwright from Rome. The author also have 33 other quotes.

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