"Modesty is a quality in a lover more praised by the women than liked."

Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Irish Playwright

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"Single women have a dreadful propensity for being poor. Which is one very strong argument in favor of matrimony."

Jane Austen, British Writer

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"All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his."

Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist

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"The faces of most American women over thirty are relief maps of petulant and bewildered unhappiness."

F. Scott Fitzgerald, American Author

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"Whether they give or refuse, it delights women just the same to have been asked."

Ovid, Roman Poet

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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."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

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"The Cause of Women is generally the Cause of Virtue."

Samuel Richardson, English Novelist

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"In our society, the women who break down barriers are those who ignore limits."

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austrian Actor

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"What, sir, would the people of the earth be without woman? They would be scarce, sir, almighty scarce."

Mark Twain, American Author

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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."

Bertrand Russell, British Philosopher

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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."

Bette Davis, American Actress

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"There is nothing on earth so easy as to forget, if a person chooses to set about it. I'm sure I have as much forgot your poor, dear uncle, as if he had never existed; and I thought it my duty to do so."

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"For if there is anything to one's praise, it is foolish vanity to be gratified at it, and if it is abuse - why one is always sure to hear of it from one damned good-natured friend or another!"

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"Death's a debt; his mandamus binds all alike- no bail, no demurrer."

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"The glorious uncertainty of the law was a thing well known and complained of, by all ignorant people, but all learned gentleman considered it as its greatest excellency."

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"Fertilizer does no good in a heap, but a little spread around works miracles all over."

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"To smile at the jest which plants a thorn in another's breast is to become a principal in the mischief."

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"Remember that when you meet your antagonist, to do everything in a mild agreeable manner. Let your courage be keen, but, at the same time, as polished as your sword."

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"Single women have a dreadful propensity for being poor. Which is one very strong argument in favor of matrimony."

"All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his."

"The faces of most American women over thirty are relief maps of petulant and bewildered unhappiness."

"Whether they give or refuse, it delights women just the same to have been asked."

"You can find women who have never had an affair, but it is hard to find a woman who has had just one."

"The Cause of Women is generally the Cause of Virtue."

"In our society, the women who break down barriers are those who ignore limits."

"What, sir, would the people of the earth be without woman? They would be scarce, sir, almighty scarce."

"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."

"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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"There is nothing on earth so easy as to forget, if a person chooses to set about it. I'm sure I have as much forgot your poor, dear uncle, as if he had never existed; and I thought it my duty to do so."

"For if there is anything to one's praise, it is foolish vanity to be gratified at it, and if it is abuse - why one is always sure to hear of it from one damned good-natured friend or another!"

"Death's a debt; his mandamus binds all alike- no bail, no demurrer."

"The glorious uncertainty of the law was a thing well known and complained of, by all ignorant people, but all learned gentleman considered it as its greatest excellency."

"Fertilizer does no good in a heap, but a little spread around works miracles all over."

"To smile at the jest which plants a thorn in another's breast is to become a principal in the mischief."

"Remember that when you meet your antagonist, to do everything in a mild agreeable manner. Let your courage be keen, but, at the same time, as polished as your sword."

"I'm called away by particular business - but I leave my character behind me."

"Certainly nothing is unnatural that is not physically impossible."

"Ay, ay, the best terms will grow obsolete: damns have had their day."