human
Opposed to this band of tragic figures, which M. Taine arrays from the dramas,
gpt
This is an old German instinct. The soul in this race is at once primitive and serious. Women are disposed to follow the noble dream called duty.
human
Thus, supported by innocence and conscience, they introduce into love a profound and upright sentiment, abjure coquetry, vanity, and flirtation; they do not lie, they are not affected. When they love they are not tasting a forbidden fruit, but are binding themselves for their whole life. Thus understood, love becomes almost a holy thing; the spectator no longer wishes to be malicious or to jest; women do not think of their own happiness, but of that of the loved ones; they aim not at pleasure, but at devotion.