Lust and greed are more gullible than innocence.
Pleasure usually comes when called, but not happiness.
Reason is sight. Instinct is touch. Intuition is smell.
Victory brings obliviousness; defeat, attentiveness.
The lyric deals with love and sorrow, the aphorism with contradiction and deceit.
Children use all their wiles to get their way with adults. Adults do the same with children.