all’s fair in love and war








People in love and soldiers in wartime are not bound by the rules of fair play.

Any conduct is permissible in certain circumstances, 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 substitution, 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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