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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.]
The strength of women comes from the fact that psychology cannot explain us. Men can be analyzed, women merely adored.
The strength of women comes from the fact that psychology cannot explain us. Men can be analyzed, women merely adored.
The happiest women, like the happiest nations, have no history.
The happiest women, like the happiest nations, have no history.
I think Nature hath lost the mould
Where she her shape did take;
Or else I doubt read more
I think Nature hath lost the mould
Where she her shape did take;
Or else I doubt if Nature could
So fair a creature make.
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.]
Women, can't live with them, can't live without them.
Women, can't live with them, can't live without them.
Oh, the gladness of their gladness when they're glad,
And the sadness of their sadness when they're sad;
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Oh, the gladness of their gladness when they're glad,
And the sadness of their sadness when they're sad;
But the gladness of their gladness, and the sadness of their
sadness,
Are as nothing to their badness when they're bad.
Women love always: when earth slips from them, they take refuge in heaven.
Women love always: when earth slips from them, they take refuge in heaven.
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.