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Women are hardly ever known in their true light, though they may love men, or become indifferent towards them, may give them delight, or abandon them, or may extract from them all the wealth that they possess.

— Vātsyāyana

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A man practicing Dharma, Artha and Kama enjoys happiness both in this world and in the world to come.

Kama is also learnt from the Kama Sutra (aphorisms on [[love) and from the practice of citizens.

In short, nothing tends to increase love so much as the effects of marking with the nails, and biting.

Though a man loves a girl ever so much, he never succeeds in winning her without a great deal of talking.

Anything may take place at any time, for love does not care for time or order.

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