Two sculpted hands reach toward each other with a small warm glow between their fingertips against a dark blue background.

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Joyce Brothers

The best proof of love is trust.

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What it means

Our interpretation.

Trust is presented as evidence of love rather than a separate benefit that follows it. The sentence measures feeling through the confidence one person places in another. Calling that confidence the best proof gives it greater weight than expressions of affection alone.

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