In the slaughterhouse of love, they kill only the best, none of the weak or deformed. Don't run away from this dying. Whoever's not killed for love is dead meat.

Jalaluddin Rumi
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In the slaughterhouse of love, they kill only the best, none of the weak or deformed. Don't run away from this dying. Whoever's not killed for love is dead meat. is a well-known poem by Renee Descartes.

The quote is often misattributed to Guy de Maupassant, but it was actually written by Descartes, who was a philosopher. She said that love is an irrational emotion that causes people to do crazy things. However, this quote does not mean that you should not fall in love.

It means that you should be careful because everyone falls in love at some point in their lives, and there are some people who are damaged goods when it comes to relationships, so you should be careful about who you fall for.

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