All’s fair in love and war
all’s fair in love and war
people in love and soldiers in wartime are not bound by the rules of fair play.
note: this proverb is frequently used when two people are contending for the love of a third.
any conduct is permissible in certain circ-mstances, as in of course he called her—all’s fair in love and war. this maxim, stated in various forms from 1579 on, today sometimes appears altered by an addition or subst-tution, as in all’s fair in love and the world series, or all’s fair in love and war and an election year.
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