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You don’t really know a woman until she writes you a letter.

Ada Leverson

When a passion is not realized … it fades away, or becomes ideal worship–Dante–Petrarch–that sort of thing!
ADA LEVERSON

Believe Fade Ideal Passion Realize Trust Worship
The marvellous instinct with which women are usually credited seems too often to desert them on the only occasions when it would be of any real use. One would say it was there for trivialities only
ADA LEVERSON

Credited Desert Intuition Man Marvellous Often Real
Thou canst not serve both cod and salmon.
ADA LEVERSON

Cod Serve
There may be something in this theory, but when their amusements are carried to such a point of luxurious and imaginative perfection it certainly gives them great and even unlimited enjoyment at the time.
ADA LEVERSON

Amusement Imagination Luxurious Perfection Point Something Theory
Everything comes to the man who won’t wait.
ADA LEVERSON

Come Easy Everything Man Patience Wait Waiting
It depresses me, since naturally it gives the contrary impression. It can’t be real. It ought to be but it isn’t. If the noisy person meant what he said, he wouldn’t say it.
ADA LEVERSON

Depresses Impression Naturally Ought Person Since
You don’t know a woman until you have had a letter from her.
ADA LEVERSON

Know Letter Read Until Woman
A morbid propensity that causes great suffering in domestic life is often curiously infectious to the very person for whom it creates most suffering.
ADA LEVERSON

Causes Curious Domestic Infectious Life Propensity Suffering
Some men are born husbands; they have a passion for domesticity, for a fireside, for a home. Yet, curiously, these men very rarely stay at home. Apparently what they want is to have a place to get away from.
ADA LEVERSON

Domesticity Home Husband Passion
All really frank people are amusing, and would remain so if they could remember that other people may sometimes want to be frank and amusing too.
ADA LEVERSON

Happy May People Remain Remember Talking
Most people now seem to treasure anything they value in proportion to the extent that it’s followed about and surrounded by the vulgar public.
ADA LEVERSON

Extent Followed People Proportion Treasure Value
It is all very well to say that children are happier with mud pies and rag dolls than with these elaborate delights.
ADA LEVERSON

Children Doll Elaborate Giving Happier Pie Rag
She could carry off anything; and some people said that she did.
ADA LEVERSON

Anything Carry People Said Sarcastic
Suspense is torture … but delightful–or there’d be no gambling in the world.
ADA LEVERSON

Delightful Gambling Suspense Torture World
an optimist is the man who looks after your eyes, and the pessimist the person who looks after your feet.
ADA LEVERSON

Eye Feet Look Man Optimist Person Pessimist
Many women I know think the ideal of happiness is to be in love with a great man, or to be the wife of a great public success; to share his triumph! They forget you share the man as well!
ADA LEVERSON

Great Happiness Ideal Man Thinking Wife Woman

You don’t really know a woman until she writes you a letter.

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