Discourse of Love
If a man wants to be loved, he has to love and be loveable, follow these two to gain favor of women. Everyone sees and knows you are loveable, but I doubt you are as sincere as you say. By being so loveable, its known you were loved by many women.
Great rivers that divide into many channels, become small streams, love spread over more than one object has little strength.
In your complaining of womens' ingratitude of your service, hides the favors, joys and pleasures gained in love. To assure the women who love you and trust you will not betray them, in their turn, are content that you would openly show feigned love for others, to hide your real love for them. If the women you pretend to love are not ready to believe you, its because your art of love is discovered.
Signora Emillia said as you do not love as you would have us believe, your every desire would be to please your beloved, to wish what she wishes, the law of love. Deceipt is clear when you complain of her, proof its not what she wishes. To love is to please his beloved, to comply with her wishes, by hers, governs his own. He must see his own desires serve her, his soul an obedient handmaiden, to think nothing other than to transform himself into the soul of his beloved, his highest happiness.
Unico said the highest happiness is to have a single will govern both our souls.
Signora Emilia said its for you to act accordingly.
Book of the Courtier
Baldesar Castiglione
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