Adolphe Monologue from There Are Crimes and Crimes

From There Are Crimes and Crimes by August Strindberg

male · philosophical · 49 sec

Yes, I believe that is true, but no evil act escapes being punished by one's own conscience at least. (Rises and unbuttons his coat) And--nobody is really good who has not erred. (Breathing heavily) For in order to know how to forgive, one must have been in need of forgiveness--I had a friend whom we used to regard as a model man. He never spoke a hard word to anybody; he forgave everything and everybody; and he suffered insults with a strange satisfaction that we couldn't explain. At last, late in life, he gave me his secret in a single word: I am a penitent! (He sits down again.) (HENRIETTE remains silent, looking at him with surprise.)

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