It is not love that should be depicted as blind, but self-love.
No opinion is worth burning your neighbor for.
The best government is a benevolent tyranny tempered by an occasional assassination.
Mortals are equal; their mask differs.
It is love; love, the comfort of the human species, the preserver of the universe, the soul of all sentient beings, love, tender love.
The Bible. That is what fools have written, what imbeciles commend, what rogues teach and young children are made to learn by heart.