For love is blynd.

Chaucer’s Middle English line “For love is blynd” states a proverb-like idea: love impairs clear judgment. The phrasing suggests not merely that lovers overlook faults, but that the condition of being in love can actively obscure perception, making people credulous, rash, or partial. In Chaucer’s world—where courtly love conventions, marriage negotiations, and social reputation all collide—the claim can function either as sympathetic explanation for lovers’ folly or as a satirical jab at romantic idealization. Its enduring force lies in its compression: a universal psychological observation rendered as a plain, memorable maxim.