Love

Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of the Gods.

~ Plato

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When I was looking up a quote for love, I found that most of the quotes fall into two categories: "Love is good," or "Love is for idiots."  I suppose it just depends.  

So then I tried to get a context from the Greeks and Romans.  Aphrodite / Venus is the goddess of love, fertility, vegetation, and the sea.  And beauty.  And desire.  Eros / Cupid - may have been the son of Aphrodite and Ares (god of war), or may have been a primordial god.  Regardless, he is god of love and sexual desire.  I guess he took after his mom.

Still looking for more information, I tried looking up St. Valentine.  Apparently, there are 14 saints Valentine.  Valentine meaning from valence (valiant) "worthy" or "strong" or "capacity" or "powerful."  One thing I found particularly interesting is that in the Eastern Orthodox church St. Valentine's Day is celebrated on July 6th.  Which is my birthday.

So, it really is all about me.