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O Guarani 19.32 · 19.32

When a woman yields

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Entretanto a mulher deixa-se bastantes vezes dominar; mas é sempre pelo homem que, não lhe excitando a admiração, não irrita a sua vaidade e não provoca por conseguinte essa luta da fraqueza contra a força.

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Yet a woman lets herself be dominated often enough; but always by the man who, not stirring her admiration, does not irritate her vanity and so does not provoke that struggle of weakness against strength.

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