loved him. I have known men advanced in years, elderly men indeed, such as Lyautey and Valéry, who kept a mighty charm because they remained true to their own nature, and glory had no power to deform their inborn simplicity. Hence every man or woman who grows skilled in an art, or refines his soul to the savor of poetry or of music, gains for himself a magical faculty. For the spirit of geniuses steals into the character of those who understand them well, and the lofty feelings that create art give substance to the inner depths of those who admire it. There is the music of Beethoven, Mozart, and Wagner — how many a couple it has brought together! As has the writing of Stendhal, Proust, and Baudelaire. And how well the saying suits us women: "The most delightful company
is that of a cultivated woman without pretension."
Seduction and Marriage:
Marriage sets two questions before us: can the seducer, or the seductress who charms without meaning to, keep faith? And must one of the two spouses go on charming the other if it lies within his power?
There is no gainsaying that the man or woman who by their mere presence stir admiration in all who see them are exposed to the utmost temptations. To ward them off they are compelled to restrain themselves before the necessity of fidelity to a single person for life. But if their marriage is truly a happy one, there is no hardship in keeping faith, for they measure the price of what they would lose against
the paltriness of what they would gain. The seducer knows that he can obtain any woman except her whom a rare and deep love guards. Yes, he has the power to wreck many a home — but never one of the worthy ones.
The feeling of security within married life sometimes kills the ember of desire and longing. Some men are so made as to seek what is forbidden them and spurn what is set before them. They call for quick wit and skill. Bernard Shaw said: "What makes marriage succeed is contriving to join the greatest number of flirtations with the greatest number of favorable occasions for them." But the wife who is her husband's seductress, who calls upon her art to keep an unequal balance between the scales of desire and modesty, between courtesy and candor — she is the wise, the adroit, the faithful wife.
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