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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=339772" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Lord Nevil's Advice</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">“Friend,” quoth Lord Nevil, “thou art young<br>To face the world, and thou art blind<br>To subtle ways of womankind;<br>The meshes thou wilt fall among.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">“Take an old married man's advice;<br>Use the experience I have earned;<br>Watch well where women are concerned,—<br>They're not all birds of paradise!</div><div style="margin:10px 0">“Be circumspect, or thou mayst fall;<br>Abjure a blind faith—nay, trust none—<br>Till thou hast chosen, proven one;<br>Then trust her truly—trust in all.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">“Keep a calm brain and quiet eye,<br>And watch. The doll of powder and paint,<br>The flirt, the artificial saint,<br>The loud man-woman—pass them by.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">“The innocent one, who craves thy cares<br>To shield her from life's fret and fray;<br>Lad, watch her—maybe she'll betray<br>Some doubtful knowledge, unawares.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">“The pensive one, who droops and sighs—<br>Wait till her dreaming comes to test;<br>Be gentle, yet be wary, lest<br>'Tis but a graceful grey disguise.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">“The world-wise husband-hunter—she<br>Who knows no love but love of gold,<br>And lands and titles—empty, cold,—<br>Pity her, lad, and let her be.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">“And the rich heiress—let her pass.<br>Belike she's stupid, drugged with wealth,<br>And just enjoys her life and health<br>As some fat cow in clover grass.<br>“Or insolent with prosperity,<br>Unsharpened, shallow, unrefined;—<br>And thou art poor, and thou wilt mind<br>That proud blood cometh down to thee.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">“The gushing gossip—she who rains<br>Incessant chatter in thine ears;—</div><div style="margin:10px 0">She may be worth thy keenest fears,<br>She may be simply lacking brains,</div><div style="margin:10px 0">“And lacking grace and modesty.<br>She will make mischief, at the best;<br>She may be wily, like the rest;<br>Keep thy tongue still when she is by.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">“They that would master thee, if they could,<br>In brain and muscle—flaring lights—<br>The clamorous for false woman's rights;—<br>Snub them, my friend—it does them good—</div><div style="margin:10px 0">“And do not think of them for wives.<br>Fit mates for such seem somewhat rare;<br>But when two odd ones make a pair,<br>They spoil at least four precious lives.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">“But shouldst thou chance to meet a girl<br>With brave, bright eyes, that front thee straight,<br>A kindly tongue that does not prate,<br>And quiet lips that cannot curl;</div><div style="margin:10px 0">“With fine sense, quick to understand;<br>With dignity that is not cold,<br>Sweet, sunny mirth that is not bold,<br>A ready ear, a willing hand;</div><div style="margin:10px 0">“One skilled in household arts, and skilled<br>In little courteous, graceful ways,<br>That make no show and win no praise—<br>Wherewith discordant jars are stilled:</div><div style="margin:10px 0">“One who will never touch a sore;<br>One who sheds sunshine round about,<br>And draws life's hidden comfort out;<br>One whom the boys and babes adore:</div><div style="margin:10px 0">“One with an intellect to reach<br>The highest range that thou canst rise;<br>Who will aye help thee, woman-wise,<br>And yet not set herself to teach:</div><div style="margin:10px 0">“One of whom women love to speak,<br>In honest kindness, and whose name<br>Men let alone; whose chiefest fame<br>Lies hidden where men may not seek;—</div><div style="margin:10px 0">“Friend, woo her, as a good knight can,<br>And win her. Lay thou at her feet<br>Faith, love, and honour, true and sweet;<br>And count thyself a happy man.”</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Ada+Cambridge">Ada Cambridge</a><div class=q>
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The meshes thou wilt fall among.

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Watch well where women ar..."></div>
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