<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=342154" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Snare of the Fowler</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">' Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I WRITE for those, of whom I know a few,<br>Young, pretty, and a little bit flirtatious,<br>Who would do even more harm, if they knew<br>The science of the Art of being Gracious. <br>Science in any game, we know, will tell, <br>And those who play this ought to play it well.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">First, do not doubt that rivals please a man<br>(Not too successful ones, 'tis understood) -­<br>They flatter him as nothing you do can,<br>And give him certainty his taste is good;<br>And though, at times, a little in his way,<br>They make him find the house he haunts more gay.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Do not abuse the girls he likes - 'tis far<br>From wise - for he will only think you spiteful;<br>Praise them, and show how ludicrous they are,<br>And, ten to one, he'll find the joke delightful. <br>From which I draw this never-failing rule: <br>Love lives through slander but not ridicule.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Do not appear incredulous of vows,<br>As is the way of self-distrusting youth;<br>A little doubt civility allows,<br>But not too long should you impugn their truth. <br>In short, if you would give true satisfaction, <br>Express belief in words, and doubt in action.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Should the day come when he is not the same,<br>Do not reproach and treat him like a sinner ­<br>The fault is yours. Find out the lady's name,<br>And be a friend, and ask them both to dinner; <br>And, I have heard, the game not always ends <br>When two old lovers change to two good friends.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Alice+Duer+Miller">Alice Duer Miller</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=342154" data-title="The Snare of the Fowler de Alice Duer Miller" data-description="' Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps.' I WRITE for those, of whom I know a few, Young, pretty, and a little bit flirtatious, Who would do even more harm, if they knew The science of the Art of being Gracious. Science in any game, we k..."></div> </div> </div>

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