"Hor, non sai tu, com'è fatta la donna? Fugge, e fuggendo vuol, che altri la giunga; Niega, e negando vuol, ch'altri si toglia; Pugna, e pugnando vuol, ch'altri la vinca."
— Aminta

January 1, 1970

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Now don't you know how woman is made? She flees, and fleeing wants to be caught; she denies, and denying wants to be carried off; she fights, and fighting wishes to be vanquished. — Act II, scene ii.