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    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.]

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Women prefer emotions to reasoning

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As a woman I have no country. As a woman my country is the whole world.

As a woman I have no country. As a woman my country is the whole world.

by Virginia Woolf Found in: Women Quotes,
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I think Nature hath lost the mould
Where she her shape did take;
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I think Nature hath lost the mould
Where she her shape did take;
Or else I doubt if Nature could
So fair a creature make.

by Unattributed Author Found in: Women Quotes,
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The lady doth protest too much, me thinks

The lady doth protest too much, me thinks

by William Shakespeare Found in: Women Quotes,
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Woman is a miracle of divine contradictions

Woman is a miracle of divine contradictions

by Jules Michelet Found in: Women Quotes,
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I've been a woman for a little over 50 years and have gotten over
my initial astonishment. As for read more

I've been a woman for a little over 50 years and have gotten over
my initial astonishment. As for conducting an orchestra, that's
a job where I don't think sex plays much part.

by Nadia Boulanger Found in: Women Quotes,
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Woman was taken out of man; not out of his head to top him, nor out of his feet to read more

Woman was taken out of man; not out of his head to top him, nor out of his feet to be trampled underfoot; but out of his side to be equal to him, under his arm to be protected, and near his heart to be loved

by Woodrow Wyatt Found in: Women Quotes,
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I am a woman in process. I'm just trying like everybody else. I try to take every conflict, every experience, read more

I am a woman in process. I'm just trying like everybody else. I try to take every conflict, every experience, and learn from it. Life is never dull.

by Oprah Winfrey Found in: Women Quotes,
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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.

by Susan B. Anthony Found in: Women Quotes,
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