Talk:if you love someone, set them free

RFD discussion: November 2017–January 2018
Not buying this as a proverb, nor that it was coined by Sting. —Μετάknowledge discuss/deeds 05:10, 21 November 2017 (UTC)
 * keep - seems proverbial enough to me - a formulaic piece of sage wisdom. My Googling didn't turn up anything prior to the 1980s, which surprised me. I seem to remember it from before then. Is there some other form of it? - Sonofcawdrey (talk) 07:42, 21 November 2017 (UTC)
 * I'm seeing references such as to the fact that American author  said: "If you love someone, set them free. If they come back they're yours; if they don't they never were." However, Google Books doesn't appear to indicate the actual work by Bach in which it appears; perhaps this quotation is inaccurate. — SGconlaw (talk) 07:48, 21 November 2017 (UTC)
 * It is also phrased as "If you love [someone, somebody, them], let them go". bd2412 T 19:14, 22 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete. --Barytonesis (talk) 16:13, 21 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete. Not dictionary material. Mihia (talk) 00:58, 26 November 2017 (UTC)


 * Move to Appendix:Mawkish platitudes. Equinox ◑ 02:39, 5 December 2017 (UTC)


 * Delete. Palaestrator verborum (loquier) 08:56, 24 December 2017 (UTC)


 * RFD failed. —Μετάknowledge discuss/deeds 05:51, 7 January 2018 (UTC)