“ For men will never like you—you are too impulsive to please prosaic beings! ”
Stendhal, The Charterhouse of Parma (1839). copy citation
| Author | Stendhal |
|---|---|
| Source | The Charterhouse of Parma |
| Topic | |
| Date | 1839 |
| Language | English |
| Reference | |
| Note | Translated by Mary Loyd |
| Weblink | https://www.gutenberg.org/files/57638/57638-h/57638-h.htm |
Context
““She will tell my sisters, and those women will betray me unconsciously!” cried Fabrizio, with a sort of heroic arrogance.
“Speak more respectfully,” said the countess, smiling through her tears, “of the sex which will make your fortune. For men will never like you—you are too impulsive to please prosaic beings!”
When the marchesa was made acquainted with her son’s strange project she burst into tears. His heroism did not appeal to her, and she did everything in her power to dissuade him. But she was soon convinced that nothing but prison walls would prevent him from starting, and gave him”
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