Alexander PushkinThe less we love her when we woo her, The more we draw a woman in,
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The less we love her when we woo her,The more we draw a woman in, In this quote from Shakespeare’s “Hamlet,” a man is saying that the less he loves a woman when he courts her, the more she is drawn to him. In other words, the more he loves her, the more she will love him back.
Source: Eugene Onegin
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