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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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Men play the game; women know the score

Men play the game; women know the score

by Roger Woddis Found in: Men Quotes, Women Quotes,
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Women prefer emotions to reasoning

Women prefer emotions to reasoning

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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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Divination seems heightened and raised to its highest power in
woman.

Divination seems heightened and raised to its highest power in
woman.

by Amos Bronson Alcott 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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Women have two weapons - cosmetics and tears

Women have two weapons - cosmetics and tears

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Not she with trait'rous kiss her Saviour stung,
Not she denied Him with unholy tongue;
She, while read more

Not she with trait'rous kiss her Saviour stung,
Not she denied Him with unholy tongue;
She, while apostles shrank, could danger brave,
Last at His cross, and earliest at His grave.

by Eaton Stannard Barrett Found in: Women Quotes,
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Plain women know more about men than beautiful women do.

Plain women know more about men than beautiful women do.

by Katharine Hepburn Found in: Women Quotes,
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A worthless woman! mere cold clay
As all false things are! but so fair,
She takes the read more

A worthless woman! mere cold clay
As all false things are! but so fair,
She takes the breath of men away
Who gaze upon her unaware:
I would not play her larcenous tricks
To have her looks!

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