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A naive man is nothing better than a fool. But you women contrive to be naive in such a way that in you it seems sweet, and gentle, and proper, and not as silly as it really is.

Anton Chekhov
Sweet, Silly, Men
Anton Chekhov (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Anton Chekhov (Illustrated)”, p.270, Delphi Classics
A naive man is nothing better than a fool. But you women contrive to be naive in such a way that in you it seems sweet, and gentle, and proper, and not as silly as it really is.