“ A man who is loved by a beautiful and virtuous woman carries with him a talisman that makes him invulnerable; all feel that his life is of greater value than other lives. ”
George Sand, Mauprat (1837). copy citation
| Author | George Sand |
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| Source | Mauprat |
| Topic | love value |
| Date | 1837 |
| Language | English |
| Reference | |
| Note | Translated by John Oliver Hobbes |
| Weblink | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Mauprat_(Heinemann) |
Context
“This nervous sensibility which brought to the front all the qualities of her soul and mind, tenderness, courage, delicacy, pride, modesty, gave her face at the same time an expression so varied, so winning in all its moods, that the grave, sombre assembly of judges let fall the brazen cuirass of impassive integrity and the leaden cope of hypocritical virtue. If Edmée had not triumphantly defended me by her confession, she had at least roused the greatest interest in my favour. A man who is loved by a beautiful and virtuous woman carries with him a talisman that makes him invulnerable; all feel that his life is of greater value than other lives.
Edmée still had to submit to many questions; she set in their proper light the facts which had been misrepresented by Mademoiselle Leblanc. True, she spared me considerably; but with admirable skill she managed to elude certain questions, and so escaped the necessity of either lying or condemning me.”
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