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The lady doth protest too much, me thinks
The lady doth protest too much, me thinks
Woman's love is writ in water,
Woman's faith is traced in sand.
- Sir Robert Aytoun read more
Woman's love is writ in water,
Woman's faith is traced in sand.
- Sir Robert Aytoun (Ayton) of Kincaldie,
Women made us lose paradise, but how frequently we find it again in their arms
Women made us lose paradise, but how frequently we find it again in their arms
I've been a woman for a little over 50 years and have gotten over
my initial astonishment. As for read more
I've been a woman for a little over 50 years and have gotten over
my initial astonishment. As for conducting an orchestra, that's
a job where I don't think sex plays much part.
Women have always been the strong ones of the world. The men are always seeking from women a little pillow read more
Women have always been the strong ones of the world. The men are always seeking from women a little pillow to put their heads down on. They are always longing for the mother who held them as infants.
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.
Women are never disarmed by compliments. Men always are. That is the difference between the sexes.
Women are never disarmed by compliments. Men always are. That is the difference between the sexes.
Phidias made the statue of Venue at Elis with one foot upon the
shell of a tortoise, to signify read more
Phidias made the statue of Venue at Elis with one foot upon the
shell of a tortoise, to signify two great duties of a virtuous
woman, which are to keep home and be silent.
To behold her is an immediate check to loose behavior; to love her is a liberal education.
To behold her is an immediate check to loose behavior; to love her is a liberal education.