There’s always a point in a woman’s life (or a man’s life) when beauty interferes and smashes her (or his) love life. I can relate to that as I just came from a recent breakup. It was pretty hard competing to win the love of your life, but sometimes it is admittedly hard to succeed, not because you are ugly or weak enough to lose the battle.

Some love affairs we’ve known in the history and in the movies would not miss telling about the mesmerizing beauty of the female character. Sadly, most of which started in beauty and ended in tragedy. Let us take a look at some of the famous love affairs that brought pain:

#1 Antony and Cleopatra

Cleopatra was the queen of Egypt and the mistress of Julius Caesar. After Caesar’s assassination, Marc Antony who was at that time one of the rulers of the Roman Empire under the alliance of Gaius Octavian who happened to be Julius Caesar’s grandnephew. Marc Antony, after marrying Octavian’s sister, could not resist being captivated by the beauty and intelligence of Cleopatra. The two fell in love. Octavian was furious and blamed Cleopatra until he declared war, it was the Battle of Actium in western Greece in 31 BCE. The two lovers had to surrender. The affair went tragic when Antony received a false news that Cleopatra was dead. Antony stabbed himself by a sword to death and died in Cleopatra’s arms when his men brought him to where she was hiding. Cleopatra was sent to jail, and from there she managed to bring a poisonous snake with her and had herself died from snake’s fatal strike upon her chest.

#2 Napoleon and Josephine

Force no one to love you

Napoleon Bonaparte was a ruthless and ambitious French soldier. He was captivated by the beauty of Josephine who was a Paris socialite. Napoleon, after so many attempts, won the heart of Josephine and they got married in 1796. Josephine continued her adulterous affairs with men even after the marriage and when Napoleon found out about this, he demanded a divorce but also relented after Josephine asked for forgiveness. The two went on living together but it had stopped when Napoleon knew that Josephine was not able to conceive a child. Napoleon desperately wanted a son to carry his royal lineage after being crowned emperor of France in 1804. Napoleon was still in love with Josephine and he could not live without her. He was soon after exiled to the island of Elba, and while he was there writing letters to Josephine, the latter died from a broken heart.

#3 Samson and Delilah

It is just one of the greatest stories in the Bible which proves that women can be the weakness of great men. Samson was born with extraordinary powers. He had used this to destroy thousands of people who were against his will. But his power got destroyed when a woman named Delilah lured him and cut his hair. His hair was his source of unbelievable strength. The story went on with lots of tragic and sinful acts. But Samson fell in love with Delilah with her beauty and charm. It had also started his downfall which has undoubtedly caused him remarkable heartache.

Beauty isn’t a Curse

The list could go on forever, excluding stories from my friends who also got over a heartache because of beauty. I am not saying that beauty is a curse. I also do not mean that those who experience heartache in any way do not possess beauty at all. The power of beauty, if misused, can lead to a tragedy including ruining a happy family, reputation and world peace.

Let go of the things you should not have.

People who are beautiful are always on the spotlight, whether in the movies or in a simple community. Fame is just always there. If fame brings unnecessary changes in the way you think of other people, you become selfish. You become greedy and as beauty becomes an advantage to you to get whatever you want, you tend to misuse it, only thinking about yourself…to the point that you are not even aware that what you are doing is wrong. You listen to no one, you only see yourself and your beauty. Then you bring heartaches to people around you, to the people who may have loved you the most even without beauty. This could be the worst scenario you don’t want yourself to get into.