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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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Oh, woman, perfect woman! what distraction
Was meant to mankind when thou wast made a devil!
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Oh, woman, perfect woman! what distraction
Was meant to mankind when thou wast made a devil!
What an inviting hell invented.

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The quickest way to know a woman is to go shopping with her.

The quickest way to know a woman is to go shopping with her.

by Marcelene Cox Found in: Women Quotes,
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Loveliest of women! heaven is in thy soul,
Beauty and virtue shine forever round thee,
Bright'ning each read more

Loveliest of women! heaven is in thy soul,
Beauty and virtue shine forever round thee,
Bright'ning each other! thou art all divine!

by Joseph Addison Found in: Women Quotes,
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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.

by Nizar Gabani Found in: Women Quotes,
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On one she smiles, and he was blest;
She smiles elsewhere--we make a din!
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On one she smiles, and he was blest;
She smiles elsewhere--we make a din!
But 'twas not love which heaved her breast,
Fair child!--it was the bliss within.

by Matthew Arnold Found in: Women Quotes,
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I don't mind living in a man's world, as long as I can be a woman in it.

I don't mind living in a man's world, as long as I can be a woman in it.

by Marilyn Monroe 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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Women are nothing but machines for producing children.

Women are nothing but machines for producing children.

by Napoleon Bonaparte Found in: Women Quotes,
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Beauty, n: the power by which a woman charms a lover and terrifies a husband.

Beauty, n: the power by which a woman charms a lover and terrifies a husband.

by Ambrose Bierce Found in: Women Quotes,
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