QUOTES ON WOMEN

Selected by Berat ALANYALI

* God created woman. In the act he brought boredom to an end - and also many other things. Woman was the second mistake of God. NIETZSCHE

* With her body, woman is more sincere than man; but with her mind, she lies. And when she lies, she does not believe herself. TOLSTOY

* Take my word for it, the silliest woman can manage a clever man, but it needs a very clever woman to manage a fool. KIPLING

* Women are made to be loved, not to be understood. WILDE

* A woman is fascineted not by art, but by the noise made by those who have to do with art.
CHEKHOV

* The anger of a woman is the greatest evil with which you can threaten your enemies. BONNARD

* When there is an old maid in the house, a watch dog is unnecessary. BALZAC

* When I have one foot in the grave, I wil tell the truth about women. I shall tell it, jump into my coffin, pull the lid over me, and say, "Do what you like now". TOLSTOY

* Women, cats and birds are the creatures that waste the most time on their toilets. NODIER

* In their first passions women love the lover, in the others they love love.
LA ROCHEFOUCAULD

* It is not true that woman was made from man’s rib; she was really made from his funnybone.
BARRIE

* Woman’s advice has little value, but he who won’t take it is a fool. CERVANTES

* Women, when they have made a sheep of a man, always tell him that he is a lion with a will of iron. BALZAC

* All those observers who have spent their lives in the study of the human heart know less about the signs of love than the most brainless yet sensitive woman. ROUSSEAU

* There are in women’s eyes two sorts of tears -the one of grief, the other of deceit. PYTHAGORAS

* A sweetheart is a bottle of wine, a wife is a wine-bottle. BAUDELAIRE

* Woman learns to hate in proportion as she forgets charm. NIETZSCHE

* It is most dangerous nowadays for a husband to pay any attention to his wife in public. It always makes people think that he beats her when they are alone. The world has grown so suspicious of anything that looks like a happy married life. WILDE

* After having said, read, and written what we have of women, what is the fact? In good faith, it is this: They are handsomer, more amiable, more essential, more worthy, and have more responsibilitly than we. All the faults that we reproach in them do not cause as much evil as any one of ours. And are their faults not due to our despotism, injustice and self-love? DE LIGNE

Selected by Berat Alanyali and compiled by "The Peter Pamper Press", Mount Vernon, New York, 1958".

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