“ There is nothing so sweet as the loving fires That make two hearts beat as one. ”
Molière, The Bourgeois Gentleman (1670). copy citation
| Author | Molière |
|---|---|
| Source | The Bourgeois Gentleman |
| Topic | love heart |
| Date | 1670 |
| Language | English |
| Reference | |
| Note | Translated by Philip Dwight Jones |
| Weblink | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Middle-Class_Gentleman |
Context
“A heart, under the domination of love, Is always with a thousand cares oppressed. It is said that we gladly languish, gladly sigh; But, despite what can be said, There is nothing so sweet as our liberty!
FIRST MAN: There is nothing so sweet as the loving fires That make two hearts beat as one. One cannot live without amorous desires; Take love from life, you take away the pleasures.
SECOND MAN: It would be sweet to submit to love's rule, If one could find faithful love, But, alas! oh cruel rule!”
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