Quotation by

H. L. Mencken

Love is an emotion that is based on an opinion of women that is impossible for those who have had any experience with them.

H. L. Mencken

Women

Understanding this quote AI Analysis

The quote suggests that love depends on a particular belief about women that cannot be true for anyone who has actually interacted with them. It implies that real experience with women contradicts the idealized view that love relies on.

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