When love is not madness, it is not love. — Pedro Calderon de la Barca

Calderón de la Barca, Pedro. Pedro Calderón de la Barca: Jealousy the Greatest Monster, translated by Ann L. Mackenzie and Jose Maria Ruano de la Ruano de la Haza. Liverpool University Press, 2017.

Original citation

Calderón de la Barca, Pedro. El Mayor Monstruo, Los Celos: Tragedia en Tres Actos [The Greatest Monster, Jealousy: Tragedy in Three Acts]. 1637.

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