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There are three things I have always loved and never understood,--paintings, music, and woman. - Bernard de Bovier de Fontenelle Woman, I tell you, is a microcosm; and rightly to rule her, requires as great talents as to govern a state. - Samuel Foote, The Minor The extension of women's rights is the basic principle of all social progress. - Francois Marie Charles Fourier, Theorie des Quatre Mouvements (vol. 2, ch. 4) Woman is always fickle--foolish is he who trusts her. [Fr., Toute femme varie Bien fol est qui s'y fie.] - Francis I (Francois), scratched with his ring on a window of Chambord Castle To find out a girl's faults, praise her to her girl friends. - Benjamin Franklin Are women books? says Hodge, then would mine were An Almanack, to change her every year. - Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard When she stopped conforming to the conventional picture of femininity she finally began to enjoy being a woman. - Betty Friedan The problem that has no name--which is simply the fact that American women are kept from growing to their full human capacities--is taking a far greater toll on the physical and mental health of our country than any known disease. - Betty Friedan, The Feminine Mystique If thou wouldest please the ladies, thou must endeavor to make them pleased with themselves. - Thomas Fuller (1) Let men say what they will; according to the experience I have learned, I require in married women, the economical virtue above all other virtues. - Thomas Fuller (1) A cat has nine lives and a woman has nine cats' lives. - Thomas Fuller (1), Gnomologia And when a lady's in the case, You know all other things give place. - John Gay, Fables--The Hare and Many Friends (l. 41) 'Tis a woman that seduces all mankind; By her we first were taught the wheedling arts. - John Gay, The Beggar's Opera (act I, sc. 1) If the heart of a man is depressed with cares, The mist is dispell'd when a woman appears. - John Gay, The Beggar's Opera (act II) How happy could I be with either, Were t'other dear charmer away! But, while ye thus tease me together, To neither a word will I say. - John Gay, The Beggar's Opera (act II, sc. 2) The desire to please everything having eyes seems inborn in maidens. [Ger., Es ist doch den Madchen wie angeboren, dass sie allem gefallen wollen, was nur Augen hat.] - Salomon Gessner (Gesner), Evander und Alcima (III, 1) I am a woman--therefore I may not Call to him, cry to him, Fly to him, Bid him delay not! - Richard Watson Gilder, A Woman's Thought Women should be doubly careful of their conduct, since appearances often injure them as much as faults. - Gabriel Girard The woman in us still prosecutes a deceit like that begun in the garden. - Joseph Glanvill If thou wouldst hear what seemly is and fit, inquire of noble woman; they can tell, who in life's common usage hold their place by graceful deed and aptly chosen word. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Woman is mistress of the art of completely imbittering the life of the person on whom she depends. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe The society of women is the foundation of good manners. [Ger., Der Umgang mit Frauen ist das Element guter Sitten.] - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Die Wahlverwandtschaften (II, 5) When toward the Devil's Hose we tread, Woman's a thousand steps behind. [Ger., Denn geht es zu des Bosen Haus Das Weib hat tausend Schritt voraus.] - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust (I, 21, 147) For the nature of a women is closely allied to art. [Ger., Denn das Naturell der Frauen Ist so nah mit Kunst verwandt.] - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust (II, 1) The eternal feminine doth draw us upward. [Ger., Das Ewig-Weibliche zieht uns hinan.] - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust (II, 5) Displaying page 8 of 23 for this topic: << Prev Next >> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 [8] 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
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