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It is a thing very displeasing to me when the hen speaks and the
cock is silent.
[Fr., read more
It is a thing very displeasing to me when the hen speaks and the
cock is silent.
[Fr., C'est chose qui moult me deplaist,
Quand poule parle et coq se taist.]
Women are nothing but machines for producing children.
Women are nothing but machines for producing children.
If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving an infant's life, she will choose to read more
If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving an infant's life, she will choose to save the infant's life without even considering if there are men on base.
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.]
Heav'n has no rage, like love to hatred turn'd. Hell a fury, like a woman scorn'd.
Heav'n has no rage, like love to hatred turn'd. Hell a fury, like a woman scorn'd.
Women complain about premenstrual syndrome, but I think of it as the only time of the month that I can read more
Women complain about premenstrual syndrome, but I think of it as the only time of the month that I can be myself.
I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous demands on me, who does read more
I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous demands on me, who does not doubt my courage or my toughness, who does not believe me naive or innocent, who has the courage to treat me like a woman.
Phidias made the statue of Venue at Elis with one foot upon the
shell of a tortoise, to signify read more
Phidias made the statue of Venue at Elis with one foot upon the
shell of a tortoise, to signify two great duties of a virtuous
woman, which are to keep home and be silent.
The strength of women comes from the fact that psychology cannot explain us. Men can be analyzed, women merely adored.
The strength of women comes from the fact that psychology cannot explain us. Men can be analyzed, women merely adored.