"If a man is truly in love, the most beautiful woman in the world couldn't take him away. Maybe for a few days, but not forever"
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The subtext is sharper than the wording lets on. By framing “the most beautiful woman in the world” as powerless against “truly” being in love, Gabor isn’t praising men so much as establishing a test that filters out excuses. If he leaves, it wasn’t irresistible beauty; it was insufficient love. That’s both comforting and cold. Comforting because it restores agency: betrayal isn’t fate, it’s choice. Cold because it implies there’s no real mystery to being discarded; the verdict is simple and personal.
Culturally, it fits a mid-century celebrity ecosystem where romance was marketed as destiny while divorce was increasingly visible. Gabor herself, famously married multiple times, speaks with the authority of someone who’s seen the machinery up close: attraction is easy, permanence is rare. The line works because it refuses melodrama. It’s not “no one would ever cheat” fantasy. It’s a wry, adult recalibration: lust can rent a room, but love owns the house.
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| Topic | Love |
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Gabor, Eva. (n.d.). If a man is truly in love, the most beautiful woman in the world couldn't take him away. Maybe for a few days, but not forever. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/if-a-man-is-truly-in-love-the-most-beautiful-145992/
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Gabor, Eva. "If a man is truly in love, the most beautiful woman in the world couldn't take him away. Maybe for a few days, but not forever." FixQuotes. Accessed February 2, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/if-a-man-is-truly-in-love-the-most-beautiful-145992/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"If a man is truly in love, the most beautiful woman in the world couldn't take him away. Maybe for a few days, but not forever." FixQuotes, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/if-a-man-is-truly-in-love-the-most-beautiful-145992/. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.




