Quotes on beingawoman

In their (women) quest for rights they have naturally placed emphasis on their wrongs rather than their achievements and possessions, and have retold history as a story of their long martyrdom

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There is in every true woman's heart, a spark of heavenly fire, which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity, but which kindles up and beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity.

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Except to heaven, she is nought; Except for angels, lone; Except to some wide-wandering bee, A flower superfluous blown; Except for winds, provincial; Except by butterflies, Unnoticed as a single dew That on the acre lies

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Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men.

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If a woman is sufficiently ambitious, determined and gifted - there is practically nothing she can't do

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Personally, I think if a women hasn't met the right man by the time she's 24, she may be lucky

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There are no ugly women, only lazy ones

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The three words women most want to hear from a man are, You lost weight

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A woman who has no way of expressing herself and of realizing herself as a full human being has nothing else to turn to but the owning of material things

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Women are strange and incomprehensible, a device invented by Providence to keep the wit of man well sharpened by constant employment

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Oh, woman, woman! When to ill thy mind is bent, all Hell contains no fouler fiend

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A woman should never be seen eating or drinking, unless it be lobster salad and Champagne, the only true feminine and becoming viands.

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No matter what a woman's appearance may be, it will be used to undermine what she is saying and taken to individualize - as her personal problem - observations she makes about the beauty myth in society

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