HINTS FOR LOVERS

Contents I. On Girls II. On Men III. On Women IV. On Love V. On Lovers VI. On Making Love VII. On Beauty VIII. On Courtship IX. On Men and Women X. On Jealousy XI. On Kisses and Kissing XII. On Engagements and Being Engaged XIII. On Marriage and Married Life XIV. On This Human Heart Book Excerpts: On Men For man, the over-grown boy, life has commonly two, and only two, sides: work, and play. Happy he who has for a helpmate one who possesses the faculty of increasing a zeal for the first and of adding a zest to the second. Wherein, O woman, thou mayest happily find the two-fold secret of thy life-work. For Man is a greedy animal: he wants all or nothing. And fortunately for him, Women tacitly extol man's greed: they will not be shared any more than they will share. There is something canine in the masculine nature: like a dog over a bone, it snarls at the very approach of a rival. * * * It is curious, but it is true, that proud man becomes prouder (and--more curious still--at the same time humbler) when weak woman gives him something--a look a smile, a locket, her hair, a kiss, herself. * * * The greater a man's faith in himself, the greater his mistress hers in him. And perhaps, the greater his mistress her faith in a man, the greater his in himself. For A woman's faith in a man works wonders. * * * A man to whom a woman cannot look up, she cannot love. Yet, It is marvelous how a woman contrives to find something to look up to in a man. * * * Many men forget the artistic tendency of the feminine temperament, a tendency which shows itself in many ways--their love of pretty things, of pretty ways, and of pretty words. From which three alone we may deduce the rule that When with the woman he admires and whose admiration he seeks, a man cannot be too careful of his dress, his speech, and his manners. * * * A believer in Woman is a believer in Good. And vice versa, and mutatis mutandis. * * * Man's standard of value of a woman is usually determined by the scale of his own emotions. That is to say, The pedestal upon which a man places a woman (a man always puts a woman upon a pedestal) is a pedestal erected solely by the effect upon himself of her charms. * * * A man may boast himself invincible by men; never by woman. * * * The lady-killer is always an object of attraction to ladies, even to those whom he makes no attempt to slay. * * * #hintsforlovers #hints #hintsoflove #friendsorlovers #taylorswiftlover #taylorswiftloverreactoin #hintsgirlsgive #womenhints