You May Also Like / View all maxioms
 Then, my good girls, be more than women, wise:
 At least be more than I was; and be sure
read more 
 Then, my good girls, be more than women, wise:
 At least be more than I was; and be sure
  You credit anything the light gives life to
   Before a man. 
Women are never stronger than when they arm themselves with their weaknesses
Women are never stronger than when they arm themselves with their weaknesses
 Oh, the gladness of their gladness when they're glad,
 And the sadness of their sadness when they're sad;
 read more 
 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. 
 You see, dear, it is not true that woman was made from man's rib; 
she was really made from read more 
 You see, dear, it is not true that woman was made from man's rib; 
she was really made from his funny bone. 
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.
As a woman I have no country. As a woman my country is the whole world.
As a woman I have no country. As a woman my country is the whole world.
Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men.
Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men.
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.
 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.]