It is on the field of emotion that the battle of love must be fought.
For,
In the battle of love, the woman chooses and entrenches her position; the
man has to act on the offensive. But
Only emotion can cope with emotion; reason but beats the air. Wherefore,
A wise man will neither oppose nor appeal to a woman through reason.
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Who can penetrate to the motives of a woman's coaxings? Yet
Foolish is the man who questions the motives of a woman's coaxings. Yet
Not to be sure of a woman's coaxings--not upon this side Phlegethon is
there a more poignant position.
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