Two small glass jars linked by gold wire and holding pale yellow liquid at matching heights, with petals below.

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Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibnitz

To love is to place our happiness in the happiness of another.

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What it means

Our interpretation.

Love, here, means your own happiness becomes tied up with someone else's. You feel good when they do. It's a definition that puts the other person's wellbeing at the centre, rather than describing love as a feeling that stays inside you.

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