That's the nature of women... Not to love when we love them, and to love when we love… — Miguel de Cervantes
That's the nature of women... Not to love when we love them, and to love when we love them not.
In the original Spanish
Ésa es natural condición de mujeres -dijo don Quijote-: desdeñar a quien las quiere y amar a quien las aborrece.
Don Quixote · 1605
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De Cervantes, Miguel. Don Quixote, translated and edited by John Rutherford. Penguin Classics, 2003.
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De Cervantes, Miguel. El ingenioso hidalgo don Quixote de la Mancha [The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha]. Madrid: Francisco de Robles, 1605.