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Man is powerless before an injured woman. He has no more dangerous foe than this.
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It is the man who seeks excuses. The woman braves it out.
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Coquetry is Love's lady's-maid. She is accessory and ancillary to Love; she bedizens Love, she tricks her out in gay apparel.
When Love's lord and master enters, my lady's maid is dismissed. (It might be as well sometimes to recall her.) And
Nudity ousts coquetry.
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Chastity is a word with as many shades of meaning as there are peoples —perhaps as there are individuals—upon the face of this habitable world.