Passion obfuscates man's prevision; it does not obfuscate a woman's.
Man gives the rein to passion or ere he knows whither it leads;
A woman gives the rein to passion only after she has found out whither it leads. But when the goal is known, perhaps
Women are more implacable votaries of the Implacable Goddess than are men. That is the say,
A woman keeps her head till she can give her heart, then she gives it utterly;
A man (perhaps because he has no heart) soon enough loses his head. So,
Before the gift, a woman's qualms exasperate the man;
After the gift, the man's indifference exasperates the woman;
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It is folly to think that love and friendship exhaust the varieties of human relationships:—