Ce n'est plus une ardeur dans mes veines cachee: C'est Venus toute entiere a sa proie attachee.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker describes love not as hidden passion but as Venus fully attached to her prey.
- In plain terms
- This isn't hidden passion; it's overwhelming desire consuming me.
- What can you take from it?
- Recognize when desire becomes all-consuming.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- When does love become too much?
- How do you manage desire?
Another view
It portrays love as purely predatory.
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