Love between a man and woman is a wonderful thing. Most people are all for it, though few folks can accurately define or even describe it.
Love makes life worth living.
Righteousness and holiness beat love. That doesn't do much for the feelings, and it certainly doesn't sound very romantic. But that's the way it is. Interestingly, though, righteousness and holiness make man-woman love all the more wonderful. So they don't merely beat love, they greatly enhance and magnify it.