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    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.

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Divination seems heightened and raised to its highest power in
woman.

Divination seems heightened and raised to its highest power in
woman.

by Amos Bronson Alcott Found in: Women Quotes,
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Oh, woman, perfect woman! what distraction
Was meant to mankind when thou wast made a devil!
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Oh, woman, perfect woman! what distraction
Was meant to mankind when thou wast made a devil!
What an inviting hell invented.

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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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A woman is like a tea bag, you can not tell how strong she is until you put her in read more

A woman is like a tea bag, you can not tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water

by Nancy Reagan 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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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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I am a woman in process. I'm just trying like everybody else. I try to take every conflict, every experience, read more

I am a woman in process. I'm just trying like everybody else. I try to take every conflict, every experience, and learn from it. Life is never dull.

by Oprah Winfrey 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.
[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.]

by Unattributed Author 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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