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Love Is Blind

People in love overlook their partner's faults.

Origin

Used in The Merchant of Venice and Two Gentlemen of Verona, among others. Now the title of a Netflix dating experiment, which has further glued the phrase to the modern lexicon.

Modern usage

Standard clichรฉ. Also invoked sarcastically ('love is blind, apparently') when a friend's partner is a disaster.

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love
perception

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