The affianced man thinks he has gotten him an angel from heaven. It is not within the bounds of mortal male comprehension that such an angel should sully her wings.
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Women know their sex.—Which, if it is a truism, is a truism that men often forget. And
Few things permit a man to see so far into the subtleties and intricacies of feminine hearts as a squabble between two of them over himself.
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A man in defeat generally turns to woman. A woman in defeat is either scornful, silent, or both.
A man, in depression, falls back upon his only weapon: brute force. A woman, in like circumstances, does the same. But her weapon is personal charm.
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In matters amatory and maternal, a woman will risk more than will a man.
In fact,
In matters amatory and maternal, woman is the truly combative animal.