My reason, it's true, controls my feelings, but whatever its authority, it doesn't rule them so much as tyrannize them.

My reason, it's true, controls my feelings, but whatever its authority, it doesn't rule them so much as tyrannize them.

我的理智的确控制着我的感情，但不管它有什么权威，它对感情与其说是统治不如说是专制。

-- Pierre Corneille 高乃依