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You forget too much
That every creature, female as the male,
Stands single in responsible act and read more
You forget too much
That every creature, female as the male,
Stands single in responsible act and thought
As also in birth and death.
For my part I distrust all generalizations about women, favorable and unfavorable, masculine and feminine, ancient and modern; all alike, read more
For my part I distrust all generalizations about women, favorable and unfavorable, masculine and feminine, ancient and modern; all alike, I should say, result from paucity of experience.
I think the girl who is able to earn her own living and pay her own way should be as read more
I think the girl who is able to earn her own living and pay her own way should be as happy as anybody on earth. The sense of independence and security is very sweet.
All women are bitches except my mother - not trusting her but respecting her.
All women are bitches except my mother - not trusting her but respecting her.
Plain women know more about men than beautiful women do.
Plain women know more about men than beautiful women do.
Women are never disarmed by compliments. Men always are. That is the difference between the sexes.
Women are never disarmed by compliments. Men always are. That is the difference between the sexes.
Then, my good girls, be more than women, wise:
At least be more than I was; and be sure
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Then, my good girls, be more than women, wise:
At least be more than I was; and be sure
You credit anything the light gives life to
Before a man.
What is lighter than the wind? A feather.
What is lighter than a feather? Fire.
What lighter read more
What is lighter than the wind? A feather.
What is lighter than a feather? Fire.
What lighter than a fire? A woman.
What lighter than a woman? Nothing.
[Lat., Vente quid levius? fulgur. Quid fulgure? flamma
Flamma quid? mulier. Quid mulier? nihil.]
One is not born a woman, one becomes one.
One is not born a woman, one becomes one.