George Etherege Quote

When love grows diseased, the best thing we can do is to put it to a violent death. I cannot endure the torture of a lingering and consumptive passion.


Act II, sc. ii - The Man of Mode (1676)


When love grows diseased, the best thing we can do is to put it to a violent death. I cannot endure the torture of a lingering and consumptive...

When love grows diseased, the best thing we can do is to put it to a violent death. I cannot endure the torture of a lingering and consumptive...

When love grows diseased, the best thing we can do is to put it to a violent death. I cannot endure the torture of a lingering and consumptive...

When love grows diseased, the best thing we can do is to put it to a violent death. I cannot endure the torture of a lingering and consumptive...