Favorite Characters 13/∞: Marcela (Don Quixote)Si yo le entretuviera, fuera falsa; si le contentara,
Favorite Characters 13/∞: Marcela (Don Quixote)Si yo le entretuviera, fuera falsa; si le contentara, hiciera contra mi mejor intención y prosupuesto. Porfió desengañado, desesperó sin ser aborrecido: ¡mirad ahora si será razón que de su pena se me dé a mí la culpa! Quéjese el engañado, desespérese aquel a quien le faltaron las prometidas esperanzas, confíese el que yo llamare, ufánese el que yo admitiere; pero no me llame cruel ni homicida aquel a quien yo no prometo, engaño, llamo ni admito.If I had kept him by me, I would have been false; if I had gratified him, I would have gone against my own best intentions and purposes. He persisted though I discouraged him, he despaired though I did not despise him: tell me now if it is reasonable to blame me for his grief! Let the one I deceived complain, let the man despair to whom I did not grant a hope I had promised, or speak if I called to him, or boast if I accepted him; but no man can call me cruel or a murderer if I do not promise, deceive, call to, or accept him. -- source link
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