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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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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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Women prefer emotions to reasoning

Women prefer emotions to reasoning

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But woman's grief is like a summer storm,
Short as it violent is.

But woman's grief is like a summer storm,
Short as it violent is.

by Joanna Baillie Found in: Women Quotes,
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Woman was taken out of man; not out of his head to top him, nor out of his feet to read more

Woman was taken out of man; not out of his head to top him, nor out of his feet to be trampled underfoot; but out of his side to be equal to him, under his arm to be protected, and near his heart to be loved

by Woodrow Wyatt Found in: Women Quotes,
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Where is the man who has the power and skill
To stem the torrent of a woman's will?
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Where is the man who has the power and skill
To stem the torrent of a woman's will?
For if she will, she will, you may depend on't;
And if she won't, she won't; so there's an end on't.

by Unattributed Author Found in: Women Quotes,
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Man was made when Nature was but an apprentice, but woman when
she was a skilful mistress of her read more

Man was made when Nature was but an apprentice, but woman when
she was a skilful mistress of her art.

by Unattributed Author Found in: Women Quotes,
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It is a thing very displeasing to me when the hen speaks and the
cock is silent.
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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.]

by Unattributed Author Found in: Women Quotes,
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There's a little bit of hooker in every woman. A little bit of hooker and a little bit of God.

There's a little bit of hooker in every woman. A little bit of hooker and a little bit of God.

by Sarah Miles Found in: Slyness Quotes, Women Quotes,
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A foolish man tells a woman to stop talking, but a wise man tells her that her mouth is extremely read more

A foolish man tells a woman to stop talking, but a wise man tells her that her mouth is extremely beautiful when her lips are closed

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