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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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You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a read more

You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy.

by Erica Jong Found in: Women Quotes,
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Women are nothing but machines for producing children.

Women are nothing but machines for producing children.

by Napoleon Bonaparte Found in: Women Quotes,
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Let man fear woman when she loves: then she makes any sacrifice, and everything else seems without value to her

Let man fear woman when she loves: then she makes any sacrifice, and everything else seems without value to her

by Friedrich Nietzsche Found in: Women Quotes,
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Heav'n has no rage, like love to hatred turn'd. Hell a fury, like a woman scorn'd.

Heav'n has no rage, like love to hatred turn'd. Hell a fury, like a woman scorn'd.

by Congreve Found in: Women Quotes,
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No matter how happily a woman may be married, it always pleases her to discover that there is a nice read more

No matter how happily a woman may be married, it always pleases her to discover that there is a nice man who wishes she were not.

by Henry Louis Mencken Found in: Women Quotes,
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One is not born a woman, one becomes one.

One is not born a woman, one becomes one.

by Simone De Beauvoir Found in: Women Quotes,
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Oh, the shrewdness of their shrewdness when they are shrewd,
And the rudeness of their rudeness when they're rude;
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Oh, the shrewdness of their shrewdness when they are shrewd,
And the rudeness of their rudeness when they're rude;
But the shrewdness of their shrewdness and the rudeness of their
rudeness,
Are as nothing to their goodness when they're good.

by Amos Bronson Alcott Found in: Women Quotes,
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A worthless woman! mere cold clay
As all false things are! but so fair,
She takes the read more

A worthless woman! mere cold clay
As all false things are! but so fair,
She takes the breath of men away
Who gaze upon her unaware:
I would not play her larcenous tricks
To have her looks!

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The lady doth protest too much, me thinks

The lady doth protest too much, me thinks

by William Shakespeare Found in: Women Quotes,
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