The Art of Seduction

by Robert Greene

They learned to work on the mind first, stimulating fantasies, keeping a man wanting more, creating patterns of hope and despair—the essence of seduction.

The definition of it.

History’s first great male seducers—the Duke de Lauzun, the different Spaniards who inspired the Don Juan legend—began to adopt the methods traditionally employed by women.

I'll need to look into that.

They also added a new, masculine element to the game: seductive language, for they had discovered a woman’s weakness for soft words.

While appearance tames men, soft words tame women.

Much more genius is needed to make love than to command armies. —Ninon de l‘Enclos

All areas of social life require the ability to persuade people in a way that does not offend or impose itself. Forms of seduction can be found everywhere, blending male and female strategies.

Truth

person in love will surrender.

The first thing to get in your head is that every single \ Girl can be caught—and that you’ll catch her if \ You set your toils right. Birds will sootier fall dumb in \ Springtime, \ Cicadas in summer, or a hunting-dog \ Turn his back on a hare, than a lover’s bland inducements \ Can fail with a woman. Even one you suppose \ Reluctant will want it. —Ovid, The Art of Love, translated by peter green

I.... don't know about that, dead brotha. I'll read and see where this goes.

Seduction is a game of psychology, not beauty, and it is within the grasp of any person to become a master at the game. All that is required is that you look at the world differently, through the eyes of a seducer.

My mantra.

One social or sexual seduction makes the next one easier, your confidence growing and making you more alluring.

This is why practice matters

What will seduce a person is the effort we expend on their behalf, showing how much we care, how much they are worth.

A seducer sees love not as sacred but as warfare, where all is fair.

First, self-absorption is a sign of insecurity; it is anti-seductive. Everyone has insecurities, but seducers manage to ignore them, finding therapy for moments of self-doubt by being absorbed in the world. This gives them a buoyant spirit—we want to be around them.

You have bto learn to curb your pride.

Armed with such information, they can provide focused and individualized attention—a rare commodity in a world in which most people see us only from behind the screen of their own prejudices. Getting into the targets’ skin is the first important tactical move in the war of penetration.

You're already good at this.

The seducer knows that people are waiting for pleasure—they never get enough of it from friends and lovers, and they cannot get it by themselves.

Seducers take pleasure in performing and are not weighed down by their identity, or by some need to be themselves, or to be natural.

Yep