Like this one, from a young man's manual in the 1830s:
"It
seems to be forgotten by many men, that sensible female love is founded in
respect. A cultivated lady must always respect a man, or she cannot love him.
Ladies usually think more of talent and good sense than men do; men are wont to
be more attracted by beauty and by grace of manner. Hence ladies always despise
a simpering, pretty man who treats them like dolls. They wish to see a man know
something, and they wish to have him treat them as though they knew something
too.” -- The Young Man's Aid to Knowledge, Virtue, and Happiness, page 368
Amen, brother.
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