Alain de Botton in Essays in Love:
One of the ironies of love is that it is easiest to confidently seduce those we are least attracted to.
and
Silence with an unattractive person implies they are the boring one. Silence with an attractive one immediately renders it certain you are the tedious party.
I think Henry Kissenger said something similar about power.
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