“ a marriage cannot be happy where there is no love. ”
Molière, The Miser (1668). copy citation
| Author | Molière |
|---|---|
| Source | The Miser |
| Topic | marriage love |
| Date | 1668 |
| Language | English |
| Reference | |
| Note | Translated by Charles Heron Wall |
| Weblink | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Miser_(Moliere) |
Context
“but, to please you, father, I will bring myself to marry her, if you please.
Har. If I please! I am more reasonable than you think. I don't wish to compel you.
Cle. Excuse me! I will make an attempt to love her.
Har. No, no; a marriage cannot be happy where there is no love.
Cle. That, my father, will, perhaps, come by and by, and it is said that love is often the fruit of marriage.
Har. No, it is not right to risk it on the side of the man, and there are some troublesome things I don't care to run the chance of.”
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