A woman always interprets abstract disparagement of her sex personally.
And she is perfectly right.

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It is not only the woman who cannot be accounted quite as stainless as the stars that sometimes trade on their charms.

* * *

When a strong-souled woman wholly and unreservedly loves, her love will go to lengths passing the comprehension of man. For

Women prefer an despot to a dependent.

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It is marvelous to what a pitch of demureness features by nature that the most coquettish can be set.

(A Man's features are often a clue to his character; a woman's rarely.)
So it comes about that

The owner of a seraphic face is often owner of a temper satanic.
Nevertheless,