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"Single women have a dreadful propensity for being poor. Which is one very strong argument in favor of matrimony."
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"All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his."
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"The faces of most American women over thirty are relief maps of petulant and bewildered unhappiness."
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"Whether they give or refuse, it delights women just the same to have been asked."
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"You can find women who have never had an affair, but it is hard to find a woman who has had just one."
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"The Cause of Women is generally the Cause of Virtue."
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"In our society, the women who break down barriers are those who ignore limits."
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"What, sir, would the people of the earth be without woman? They would be scarce, sir, almighty scarce."
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"Aristotle maintained that women have fewer teeth than men; although he was twice married, it never occurred to him to verify this statement by examining his wives' mouths."
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"I was never very interested in boys - and there were plenty of them - vying with one another to see how many famous women they would get into the hay."
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"Next to the pleasure of finding a new mistress is that of being rid of an old one."
Being

"Bluster, sputter, question, cavil; but be sure your argument be intricate enough to confound the court."
Argument

"A mistress should be like a little country retreat near the town, not to dwell in constantly, but only for a night and away."
Country

"I weigh the man, not his title; 'tis not the king's stamp can make the metal better."
Man

"Your women of honor, as you call em, are only chary of their reputations, not their persons; and 'Tis scandal that they would avoid, not men."
Men

"Hunger, revenge, to sleep are petty foes, But only death the jealous eyes can close."
Death

"Mistresses are like books; if you pore upon them too much, they doze you and make you unfit for company; but if used discreetly, you are the fitter for conversation by em."
Books

"Women serve but to keep a man from better company."
Woman

"Marrying to increase love is like gaming to become rich; alas, you only lose what little stock you had before."
Love

"Thy books should, like thy friends, not many be, yet such wherein men may thy judgment see."
Men
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