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Women are quick to recognize a rake. For
A rake always rouses curiosity, never aversion.
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A worsted woman always, either silently or volubly, calls down a curse upon her successful rival.—And 't is a curse that too often fails.
Many women handicap other women; and they handicap them in multifarious ways. Probably the one most frequently used is lavishness of favors.
The woman who is lavish of favors is hated of her stricter sisters. But, before these, what an air of bravado she wears!
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As a rule, women are far better readers of character than are men. A woman will often startle a man by her penetrating insight into character. And
Many a man has been put on his guard by female institution.