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Oscar Wilde:When a man has once loved a woman he


When a man has once loved a woman he will do anything for her except continue to love her.
by Oscar Wilde


Akhenaton:Hear the words of prudence, give heed


Hear the words of prudence, give heed unto her counsels, and store them in thine heart; her maxims are universal, and all the virtues lean upon her; she is the guide and the mistress of human life.
by Akhenaton


Campbell. Thomas:Beauty's tears are lovelier


Beauty's tears are lovelier than her smile.
by Campbell. Thomas


Penrose:Ambition, idly vain; revenge and malice


Ambition, idly vain; revenge and malice swell her tra
by Penrose


Samuel Johnson:Order is a lovely nymph, the


Order is a lovely nymph, the child of Beauty and Wisdom; her attendants are Comfort, Neatness, and Activity; her abode is the valley of happiness: she is always to be found when sought for, and never appears so lovely as when contrasted with her opponent, Disorder.
by Samuel Johnson


Charles Dudley Warner:There isn't a wife in the


There isn't a wife in the world who has not taken the exact measure of her husband, weighed him and settled him in her own mind, and knows him as well as if she had ordered him after designs and specifications of her own.
by Charles Dudley Warner


Chapman:Let no man value at a little price a


Let no man value at a little price a virtuous woman's counsel; her winged spirit is feathered often times with heavenly words, and, like her beauty, ravishing and pure.
by Chapman


Lazarus Long:Delusions are often functional. A


Delusions are often functional. A mother's opinions about her children's beauty, intelligence, goodness, et cetera ad nauseam, keep her from drowning them at birth.
by Lazarus Long


Edward Garrett:The vain beauty cares most for


The vain beauty cares most for the conquest which employed the whole artillery of her charms.
by Edward Garrett


Gregory I:When a girl ceases to blush, she has


When a girl ceases to blush, she has lost the most powerful charm of her beauty.
by Gregory I


Nathaniel Hawthorne:So she poured out the liquid


So she poured out the liquid music of her voice to quench the thirst of his spirit.
by Nathaniel Hawthorne


Gamaliel Bailey:Who never doubted, never half


Who never doubted, never half believed. Where doubt is, there truth is - it is her shadow.
by Gamaliel Bailey


Gamaliel Bailey:Earth took her shining station


Earth took her shining station as a star, In Heaven's dark hall, high up the crowd of worlds.
by Gamaliel Bailey


William Lilly:Ambition has one heel nailed in


Ambition has one heel nailed in well, though she stretch her fingers to touch the heavens.
by William Lilly


Groucho Marx:We in the industry know that behind


We in the industry know that behind every successful screenwriter stands a woman. And behind her stands his wife.
by Groucho Marx


Woodrow Wyatt:A man falls in love through his


A man falls in love through his eyes, a woman through her ears.
by Woodrow Wyatt


Akhenaton:If thou wouldst preserve understanding


If thou wouldst preserve understanding and health to old age, avoid the allurements of Voluptuousness, and fly from her temptations...For if thou hearkenest unto the words of the Adversary, thou art deceived and betrayed. The joy which she promiseth changeth to madness, and her enjoyments lead on to diseases and death.
by Akhenaton


William Cullen Bryant:Difficulty, my brethren,


Difficulty, my brethren, is the nurse of greatness a harsh nurse, who roughly rocks her foster children into strength and athletic proportion.
by William Cullen Bryant


Michel Eyquem de Montaigne:When I play with my


When I play with my cat, who knows if I am not more of a pastime to her than she is to me?
by Michel Eyquem de Montaigne


Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.:A woman never forgets


A woman never forgets her sex. She would rather talk with a man than an angel, any day.
by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.


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