Of all our games, love's play is the only one which threatens to unsettle the soul...

Somos todos iguales: le tenemos miedo al drama, pero a veces somos lo bastante románticos para desear que ocurra y no nos damos cuenta de que ha empezado ya,

Of all our games, love's play is the only one which threatens to unsettle the soul, and is also the only one in which the player has to abandon himself to the body's ecstasy.

More sensitive to Rome's prejudices than I was aware, I recalled that although they grant sensuality a rôle they see only shameful folly in love;

On n'a rien compris à la maladie, tant qu'on n'a pas reconnu son étrange ressemblance avec la guerre et l'amour: ses compromis, ses feintes, ses exigences, ce bizarre et unique amalgame produit par le mélange d'un tempérament et un mal.