"Love is only a dirty trick played on us to achieve continuation of the species"

W. Somerset Maugham's quote recommends that love, the effective feeling that so many individuals cherish and seek out, is nothing more than a biological system created to ensure the continuation of the human race. Maugham appears to indicate that love is not an authentic sensation, but rather a ploy orchestrated by our natural impulses to propagate the types. This cynical view of love challenges a few of society's most valued worths and beliefs about the meaning of love. It raises questions such as whether love is purely physical or if it can be more than just a biological important, holding significance beyond human reproduction.