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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.
"And now, Madam," I addressed her, "we shall try who shall get the
breeches."
"And now, Madam," I addressed her, "we shall try who shall get the
breeches."
And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying,
We will eat our own bread, read more
And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying,
We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us
be called by thy name, to take away our reproach.
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.
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.]
You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a read more
You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy.
It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a
brawling woman in a wide read more
It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a
brawling woman in a wide house.
Divination seems heightened and raised to its highest power in
woman.
Divination seems heightened and raised to its highest power in
woman.
A worthless woman! mere cold clay
As all false things are! but so fair,
She takes the read more
A worthless woman! mere cold clay
As all false things are! but so fair,
She takes the breath of men away
Who gaze upon her unaware:
I would not play her larcenous tricks
To have her looks!