“ There is no folly so besotted that the idiotic rivalries of society, the prurience, the rashness, the blindness of youth, will not hurry a man to its commission. ”
Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre (16 October 1847). copy citation
Author | Charlotte Brontë |
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Source | Jane Eyre |
Topic | blindness rivalry |
Date | 16 October 1847 |
Language | English |
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Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1260/1260-h/1260-h.htm |
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“She flattered me, and lavishly displayed for my pleasure her charms and accomplishments. All the men in her circle seemed to admire her and envy me. I was dazzled, stimulated: my senses were excited; and being ignorant, raw, and inexperienced, I thought I loved her. There is no folly so besotted that the idiotic rivalries of society, the prurience, the rashness, the blindness of youth, will not hurry a man to its commission. Her relatives encouraged me; competitors piqued me; she allured me: a marriage was achieved almost before I knew where I was. Oh, I have no respect for myself when I think of that act!—an agony of inward contempt masters me.”
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