A woman generally controls love: a man is controlled by it. And
Jill's very power of making-believe to be "fancy free" exasperates Jack.
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It is a purely feminine ruse to apply a test to love—both her own and that of her lover—to prove it true. A man would as soon as think of applying a match to a powder magazine to prove it combustible.
Love in woman's eyes is the supreme and ultimate arbitrator. If she is loved, love in her eyes will condone anything—anything. For
To prefer honor to love is a maxim to women unknown. With them love IS honor. And therefore the maxim is meaningless—and needless.
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It is a sort of legal—or rather charitable—fiction that women should surrender only to love. In fact,
Do not even the lightest of Laises and Thaises make a show of being swayed by love? And
No woman by too much love was ever spoiled. Man, remember that!
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