NO MATTER HOW INGENIOUS YOU MAY BE, LOVE IS NOT VARIED; IT ALWAYS PRESENTS ITSELF IN THE SAME WAY: YOU CAN EASILY FOLLOW EACH PERIOD AND EACH SUCCESSIVE MANIFESTATION, FROM THE BEGINNING ALWAYS THE SAME TO THE END ALWAYS THE SAME. THE SENSUAL ONES TRY TO WORK ON IT, TO REFINE IT, TO COMPLICATE IT, TO PERFECT IT, THEY FIND NOTHING NEW; AND, IN PRACTICE, A SCHOOLBOY PREPARING HIS BACCALAUREATE KNOWS AS MUCH AS AN OLD DROOLING SENATOR OR AS A GALLANT ACADEMICIAN WHITEWASHED IN THE ADVENTURES.