To love or not to love??

Is it better to be loved or to love?? Why is it that whenever I love someone, I will always be hurt? Always hurt and in the end to be broken up. Worse, I don't have the privellage of having even the care of that person and I will just lost my old self. My old self that is happy and undaunted by the problems that I might have have.

Why is it that love can be so complicated but there are a lot of wise words, quatations telling about love that is so great, meaningful etc.....