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I wanted to run after him, but remembered that it is ridiculous to run after one's wife's lover in one's socks; and I did not wish to be ridiculous but terrible.

Leo Tolstoy
Running, Wife, Wish
Leo Tolstoy (1998). “The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories”, p.157, Oxford University Press, USA
I wanted to run after him, but remembered that it is ridiculous to run after one's wife's lover in one's socks; and I did not wish to be ridiculous but terrible.