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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.
But woman's grief is like a summer storm,
Short as it violent is.
But woman's grief is like a summer storm,
Short as it violent is.
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.
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.
Let man fear woman when she loves: then she makes any sacrifice, and everything else seems without value to her
Let man fear woman when she loves: then she makes any sacrifice, and everything else seems without value to her
Most women set out to try to change a man, and when they have changed him they don't like him.
Most women set out to try to change a man, and when they have changed him they don't like him.
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.
Oh, the gladness of their gladness when they're glad,
And the sadness of their sadness when they're sad;
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Oh, the gladness of their gladness when they're glad,
And the sadness of their sadness when they're sad;
But the gladness of their gladness, and the sadness of their
sadness,
Are as nothing to their badness when they're bad.
A woman is like a tea bag, you can not tell how strong she is until you put her in read more
A woman is like a tea bag, you can not tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water