“Good-humoured, unaffected girls, will not do for a man who has been used to sensible women. They are two distinct orders of being.”
— Jane Austen
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Women get more unhappy the more they
“Women get more unhappy the more they try to liberate themselves.”
— Brigitte Bardot
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The trouble with life is that there
“The trouble with life is that there are so many beautiful women and so little time.”
— John Barrymore
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Women have a favorite room, men a
“Women have a favorite room, men a favorite chair.”
— Bernard Williams
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Nothing can be more absurd than the
“Nothing can be more absurd than the practice that prevails in our country of men and women not following the same pursuits with all their strengths and with one mind, for thus, the state instead of being whole is reduced to half.”
— Plato
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Working moms commonly testify that they feel
“Working moms commonly testify that they feel guilty when they are away from their children and guilty when they are not at their jobs. Devoted fathers certainly miss their children deeply, but it does not seem to be with the same gnawing, primal anxiety that often afflicts women.”
— Camille Paglia
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Women can stand a beating except when
“Women can stand a beating except when it is with their own weapons.”
— Samuel Butler
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We are victims of evil customs. It
“We are victims of evil customs. It is a crime against humanity that our women are shut up within the four walls of the houses as prisoners. There is no sanction anywhere for the deplorable condition in which our women have to live.”
— Muhammad Ali Jinnah
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Men reach their sexual peak at eighteen.
“Men reach their sexual peak at eighteen. Women reach theirs at thirty-five. Do you get the feeling that God is playing a practical joke?”
— Rita Rudner
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The lover of life makes the whole
“The lover of life makes the whole world into his family, just as the lover of the fair sex creates his from all the lovely women he has found, from those that could be found, and those who are impossible to find.”
— Charles Baudelaire
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The happiest women, like the happiest nations,
“The happiest women, like the happiest nations, have no history.”
— George Eliot
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