Sophia Monologue from The Lawyers, A Drama in Five Acts

From The Lawyers, A Drama in Five Acts by August Wilhelm Iffland

female · philosophical · 48 sec

Would it lower you in your own mind? (P. Coun: No. But--) Contentment must dwell here. (Pointing to his heart.) If ever you have felt content, I need say no more. (P. Coun: No! Oh no!) Who can refuse his esteem to the man who has tasted the cup of luxury, and, in the flower of youth and in the height of his career, can dash it from his lips, and say, "I will not drink it; I prefer the charms of a tranquil life to all the noise and well-bred hate of a court? I am too irritable to rule my fellow-citizens, notwithstanding I wish to serve them."

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