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What is lighter than the wind? A feather.
What is lighter than a feather? Fire.
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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.]
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.
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.
How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on treating her as if she read more
How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on treating her as if she were a perfectly normal human being.
Woman was taken out of man; not out of his head to top him, nor out of his feet to read more
Woman was taken out of man; not out of his head to top him, nor out of his feet to be trampled underfoot; but out of his side to be equal to him, under his arm to be protected, and near his heart to be loved
When I say, "I love you," it's not because I want you or because I can't have you. It has read more
When I say, "I love you," it's not because I want you or because I can't have you. It has nothing to do with me. I love what you are, what you do, how you try. I've seen your kindness and your strength. I've seen the best and the worst of you. And I understand with perfect clarity exactly what you are. You're a hell of a woman.
Women prefer emotions to reasoning
Women prefer emotions to reasoning
The woman who appeals to a man's vanity may stimulate him, the woman who appeals to his heart may attract read more
The woman who appeals to a man's vanity may stimulate him, the woman who appeals to his heart may attract him, but it is the woman who appeals to his imagination who gets him
A pessimist is a man who thinks all women are bad. An optimist is one who hopes they are.
A pessimist is a man who thinks all women are bad. An optimist is one who hopes they are.