“ A change in a lover's heart is not what we should fear the most. ”
Molière, Scapin the Schemer (1671). copy citation
| Author | Molière |
|---|---|
| Source | Scapin the Schemer |
| Topic | change fear |
| Date | 1671 |
| Language | English |
| Reference | |
| Note | Translated by Charles Heron Wall |
| Weblink | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Impostures_of_Scapin |
Context
“But I, on the contrary, have no such hope to fall back upon, and the position I am in is little calculated to satisfy the wishes of a father whose whole care is money.
HYA. That is true; but you have this in your favour, that the one you love is under no temptation of contracting another marriage.
ZER. A change in a lover's heart is not what we should fear the most. We may justly rely on our own power to keep the conquest we have made; but what I particularly dread is the power of the fathers; for we cannot expect to see them moved by our merit.
HYA. Alas! Why must the course of true love never run smooth?”
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