#amorousness — Public Fediverse posts
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ELMIRE: No, amorous men are gullible. Their conceit
So blinds them that they’re never hard to cheat.
[Non; on est aisément dupé par ce qu’on aime.
Et l’amour-propre engage à se tromper soi-même.]Molière (1622-1673) French playwright, actor [stage name for Jean-Baptiste Poquelin]
Tartuffe, or the Hypocrite [Le Tartuffe, ou L’Imposteur], Act 4, sc. 3 (1669) [tr. Wilbur (1963)]Sourcing, notes, other translations: wist.info/moliere/78138/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #moliere #tartuffe #amorousness #conceit #ego #folly #gullibility #love #lust #pride #selfbetrayal #selfdeceit #selfdeception #selflove #foolingyourself
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ELMIRE: No, amorous men are gullible. Their conceit
So blinds them that they’re never hard to cheat.
[Non; on est aisément dupé par ce qu’on aime.
Et l’amour-propre engage à se tromper soi-même.]Molière (1622-1673) French playwright, actor [stage name for Jean-Baptiste Poquelin]
Tartuffe, or the Hypocrite [Le Tartuffe, ou L’Imposteur], Act 4, sc. 3 (1669) [tr. Wilbur (1963)]Sourcing, notes, other translations: wist.info/moliere/78138/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #moliere #tartuffe #amorousness #conceit #ego #folly #gullibility #love #lust #pride #selfbetrayal #selfdeceit #selfdeception #selflove #foolingyourself
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ELMIRE: No, amorous men are gullible. Their conceit
So blinds them that they’re never hard to cheat.
[Non; on est aisément dupé par ce qu’on aime.
Et l’amour-propre engage à se tromper soi-même.]Molière (1622-1673) French playwright, actor [stage name for Jean-Baptiste Poquelin]
Tartuffe, or the Hypocrite [Le Tartuffe, ou L’Imposteur], Act 4, sc. 3 (1669) [tr. Wilbur (1963)]Sourcing, notes, other translations: wist.info/moliere/78138/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #moliere #tartuffe #amorousness #conceit #ego #folly #gullibility #love #lust #pride #selfbetrayal #selfdeceit #selfdeception #selflove #foolingyourself
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A quotation from Joseph Joubert
My dreams are more amorous than my actions have ever been.
Joseph Joubert (1754-1824) French moralist, philosopher, essayist, poet
Pensées [Thoughts], 1805 entry [tr. Auster (1983)]Sourcing, notes: wist.info/joubert-joseph/77274…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #joubert #actions #amorousness #dreams #selfrestraint #lust #sexualfantasy #sexuality