is it truly better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all?

Question

i say yes it indeed is, love is a wonerous and powerful fealing even if short lived

i only know my opinion foolis person

Answer 1

Yes. The pain of loss is worth the joy of love.

Answer 2

I would agree with you! Love is a powerful emotion and feeling! When you share that feeling with a special someone, your days seem lighter and life is great. When the split does come, then you have some wonderful memories to go back to and relive if you want to do that! Sometimes we are with someone special for a short time to go through an experience to learn! Your love can be a great teacher about life in general. Hopefully, we learn the lesson and move on with life, speaking from practical experience! Each time we are with someone special it just makes it better the next time we find our self in that position again

Answer 3

Short-lived love is one type of love, I guess. I don't think it is "true love" though. Judging by your literary acumen, I would guess you are young and your definition of love is the subjective kind. That's okay, most of what people define as love works that way -- you know, what you do for me, eye candy, sensual stimulant, emotional sop, financial support, moral support, a hedge against utter loneliness, etc., etc., etc. Try staying in a relationship with someone for 20 years or so. Love takes on a more complex meaning, for lack of a better word. Then we can rephrase the question as, "Is it better to have lived and died than never to have lived at all?" I would say yes, given the alternative.

Answer 4

that's extra helpful to have enjoyed and lost if the loss consequences from an ailment or tragedy particularly than a individual strolling out on you. that's the main painful whilst the tip is the different individual leaving you and understanding that individual remains there, yet no longer belonging to you any further. Then that's extra helpful to no longer have had love altogether.

Answer 5

Yes, because sometimes we lose or let go of a love that we rarely realise is powerful until it is gone. Yet even though it may be gone it lingers in our souls and adds to our ability to obtain that feeling again.
I have beautiful memories with lost loves that I will never relinquish.

Answer 6

i personally say no. my reasoning is that if you never loved at all you would know what it felt like and you wouldn't have as much to hope for. sure that love may have gone but the person still holds a place in your heart. you have the memories of that love that can still bring you back to that feeling of love when you think about it or in your dreams. it also gives you a stepping stone in finding out who your looking for. by that i mean who is best for you, for your life.

Answer 7

I think experiencing the powerful emotions of love is worth it. It brings dimensions to your life including joy and happiness, and perhaps in time, a better understanding and tolerance of what other people go through too.

Answer 8

I don't agree much, coz you can't miss something you never had, and the feeling of lost love is truly painful. If you were never loved from the start, then you wouldn't have a hollow feeling of loss inside of you since you never grasp hold of any incoming love in your whole life...

Answer 9

It is worth it to experience love but the losing part hurts the most. This is a tough toss-up. I think I would say it is better to have love and lost.

Answer 10

I think Alfred Lord Tennyson was correct when he wrote these lines in memory of his beloved friend, Arthur Hallam. He lost his dear friend, but had the recollections of him to cherish. Even married Arthur's fiance, Emily, and in a long and good marriage together they revered their lost friend.