“ Women who are to be purchased have no charms for me; my beating heart cannot be satisfied without affection ”
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Confessions (1782). copy citation
Author | Jean-Jacques Rousseau |
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Source | Confessions |
Topic | charm affection |
Date | 1782 |
Language | English |
Reference | |
Note | Translated by Samuel William Orson |
Weblink | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Confessions_(Rousseau) |
Context
“I love those of the table, for instance, but cannot endure the restraints of good company, or the intemperance of taverns; I can enjoy them only with a friend, for alone it is equally impossible; my imagination is then so occupied with other things, that I find no pleasure in eating. Women who are to be purchased have no charms for me; my beating heart cannot be satisfied without affection; it is the same with every other enjoyment, if not truly disinterested, they are absolutely insipid; in a word, I am fond of those things which are only estimable to minds formed for the peculiar enjoyment of them.”
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