I might as well have preached to stone walls. How could I hope to make this woman, who acknowledged no other law but her animal instincts, grasp a philosophical distinction!но не везде:
...her instinct of self-preservation had built up a legend behind which she could shield herself from the attacks of her anguished conscience.Ницше, Арцыбашев - что-то в воздухе такое было:
How strange is life! In the afternoon I had struck her. At night she held me in her arms and kissed me.в общем - конец довольно занудный.
What an extraordinary woman she was, to kiss her executioner with willing lips!
Why had I not known it before? If I had struck her ten years ago I should now have been the happiest of husbands.
Remember this, my brothers, if ever you are deceived by a woman!
- August Strindberg, The Confession Of a Fool
см. также "Во зло употребила ты права"
