471.--In their first passion women love their lovers,
in all the others they love love.
["In her first passion woman loves her lover,
In all her others what she loves is love."
{--Lord Byron, }Don Juan, Canto iii., stanza 3.
"We truly love once, the first time; the subsequent pas-
sions are more or less involuntary." La Bruyere: DU COEUR.]
472.--Pride as the other passions has its follies. We
are ashamed to own we are jealous, and yet we plume
ourselves in having been and being able to be so.
473.--However rare true love is, true friendship is
rarer.
["It is more common to see perfect love than real friend-
ship."--La Bruyere. DU COEUR.]
474.--There are few women whose charm survives
their beauty.
475.--The desire to be pitied or to be admired often
forms the greater part of our confidence.
476.--Our envy always lasts longer than the happi-
ness of those we envy.
477.--The same firmness that enables us to resist
love enables us to make our resistance durable and
lasting.
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