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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.]

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The woman who appeals to a man's vanity may stimulate him, the woman who appeals to his heart may attract read more

The woman who appeals to a man's vanity may stimulate him, the woman who appeals to his heart may attract him, but it is the woman who appeals to his imagination who gets him

by Helen Rowland Found in: Women Quotes,
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As a woman I have no country. As a woman my country is the whole world.

As a woman I have no country. As a woman my country is the whole world.

by Virginia Woolf Found in: Women Quotes,
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For my part I distrust all generalizations about women, favorable and unfavorable, masculine and feminine, ancient and modern; all alike, read more

For my part I distrust all generalizations about women, favorable and unfavorable, masculine and feminine, ancient and modern; all alike, I should say, result from paucity of experience.

by Bertrand Russell Found in: Women Quotes,
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Men play the game; women know the score

Men play the game; women know the score

by Roger Woddis Found in: Men Quotes, Women Quotes,
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I think the girl who is able to earn her own living and pay her own way should be as read more

I think the girl who is able to earn her own living and pay her own way should be as happy as anybody on earth. The sense of independence and security is very sweet.

by Susan B. Anthony Found in: Women Quotes,
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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.

by Bible Found in: Women Quotes,
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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.

by Unattributed Author Found in: Women Quotes,
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Loveliest of women! heaven is in thy soul,
Beauty and virtue shine forever round thee,
Bright'ning each read more

Loveliest of women! heaven is in thy soul,
Beauty and virtue shine forever round thee,
Bright'ning each other! thou art all divine!

by Joseph Addison Found in: Women Quotes,
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Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood.

Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood.

by Oscar Wilde Found in: Women Quotes,
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