Let men tremble to win the hand of woman, unless they win along with it the utmost passion of her heart! Else it may be their miserable fortune, as it was Roger Chillingworth's, when some mightier touch than their own may have awakened all her sensibilities, to be reproached even for the calm content, the marble image of happiness, which they will have imposed upon her as the warm reality.
-Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter
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Translation to Modern English:
Men should be afraid to win a woman’s hand in marriage unless they win her complete heart and passion along with it! Otherwise it may be their misfortune, as it was Roger Chillingworth’s, that when another man awakens the woman’s feelings more powerfully, she reproaches her husband for the false image of happiness and contentment that he has passed off on her as the real thing.
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