The more exotic the love, the more difficult its culture.--True, An
orchid may life on air. Yes; but how torrid and vaporous an air!
Your sturdy mistletoe thrives on the humble apple; a Cattleya requires a
Columbian forest.
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Youth wonders at the amatory successes of middle-age. Youth knows not
that
In matters amatory, age is no handicap:
A girl in her 'teens will make love to a gentleman of forty--and vice
versa. In fact
The indiscreet impetuosity of youth succumbs before the astuteness of
age.
The bachelor and the spinster both sometimes wonder that the benedick and
the bride are still their rivals; for they know not that
In the amatorial art, matrimony is no handicap. In short,
There is no barrier at which love will balk. Nay more,
Love will forgive anything: