Whatever the talents of a man, they are stimulated by contact with woman.
Since
An elevating influence seems to radiate from women: we have but to come into the light of their countenances for our own faces to shine as the sun. Indeed,
Physicists may talk as they like, but lovers know a more subtle and a more potent force than any yet revealed to them. It has not yet been named; but for the present it might be called "psychicity". (3)
(3) Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes speaks of "celebricity". See "Over the Tea Cup"
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If you wish to ascertain the relationship of a youthful pair, watch their eyes. For
Simulation is difficult to the eye.
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When the idol into which a woman has converted her lover is dethroned, she still worships her remembrance of her god, and puts together and treasures the broken pieces.
When the idol into which has converted his loved one is dethroned, he generally changes his creed.