אִם יִתֵּן אִישׁ אֶת כָּל הוֹן בֵּיתוֹ בָּאַהֲבָה בּוֹז יָבוּזוּ לוֹ

ביטוי (אנגלית)

If a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned?!

הגדרה (אנגלית)

A proverb meaning that even love must be managed with appropriate proportion and reason.

("Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it; if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned" - Song of Songs 8:7. Also: "But whoever wishes to marry her, may give two thousand silver coins, and it is easy to give all his wealth and fortune for her; if a man gives all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned" - Judah Al-Harizi (12th century), Marriage of an Ugly Woman)