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 Oh, the shrewdness of their shrewdness when they are shrewd,
 And the rudeness of their rudeness when they're rude;
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 Oh, the shrewdness of their shrewdness when they are shrewd,
 And the rudeness of their rudeness when they're rude;
  But the shrewdness of their shrewdness and the rudeness of their 
rudeness,
   Are as nothing to their goodness when they're good. 
 Where is the man who has the power and skill
 To stem the torrent of a woman's will?
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 Where is the man who has the power and skill
 To stem the torrent of a woman's will?
  For if she will, she will, you may depend on't;
   And if she won't, she won't; so there's an end on't. 
 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. 
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.
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.
Woman is a miracle of divine contradictions
Woman is a miracle of divine contradictions
Women made us lose paradise, but how frequently we find it again in their arms
Women made us lose paradise, but how frequently we find it again in their arms
One is not born a woman, one becomes one.
One is not born a woman, one becomes one.
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.