No man is quite himself when he's crossed in love.
 George Bernard Shaw, The Philanderer (1893). copy citation

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Author George Bernard Shaw
Source The Philanderer
Topic love
Date 1893
Language English
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“Charteris remains doggedly looking straight before him.) JULIA. It's quite true. He has been in love with me; he has persecuted me; and I utterly despise him. GRAVEN. Don't rub it in, Julia: it's not kind. No man is quite himself when he's crossed in love. (To Charteris.) Now listen to me, Charteris. When I was a young fellow, Cuthbertson and I fell in love with the same woman. She preferred Cuthbertson. I was taken aback: I won't deny it. But I knew my duty;” source