The less we show our love to a woman, Or please her less, and neglect our duty, The more we trap and ruin her surely In the flattering toils of philandery.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Ignoring or neglecting a woman in romance often traps her further in the lover's manipulative web.
- In plain terms
- Ignoring a woman in love often ruins her more.
- What can you take from it?
- Neglect in love can be deeply harmful.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How should love be treated?
- What harm can indifference cause?
Another view
Sometimes neglect is not intentional or malicious.
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