as he himself is, sitting
there now - a perplexed man who knows not whether to laugh, or weep, or
fall in love. In fact, had I had foreknowledge of his speech, such as he
demands one should have of love, I should have forbidden him to speak;
but now it is too late. I shall bid you then, dear fellow banqueters,
"gladsome and merry be," and even if I cannot enforce this I shall ask
you to forget each speech so soon as it is made and to wash it down with
a single draught.
And now as to woman, about whom I shall speak. I too have pondered about
her, and I have finally discovered the category to which she belongs. I
too have sought, but I have found, too, and I have made a matchless
discovery which I shall now communicate to you. Woman is understood
correctly only when placed in the category of "the joke."
It is a man's function to be absolute, act in an absolute fashion, or to
give expression to the absolute. Woman's sphere lies in her relativity.
Between beings so radically different, no true reciprocal
.
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