“ To do violence to any one is a strange way of setting about inspiring love. ”
Molière, The Imaginary Invalid (1673). copy citation
| Author | Molière |
|---|---|
| Source | The Imaginary Invalid |
| Topic | violence love |
| Date | 1673 |
| Language | English |
| Reference | |
| Note | Translated by Charles Heron Wall |
| Weblink | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Imaginary_Invalid |
Context
“of honour, he ought not to accept a person who would be his only by
force.
T. DIA. _Nego consequentiam._ I can be a man of honour, Madam,
and at the same time accept you from the hands of your father.
ANG. To do violence to any one is a strange way of setting about
inspiring love.
T. DIA. We read in the ancients, Madam, that it was their custom to
carry off by main force from their father's house the maiden they
wished to marry, so that the latter might not seem to fly of her own”
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