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The proper study of mankind is woman.
Humankind
Henry Brooks Adams

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The woman who is known only through a man is known wrong.
Men and Women
Henry Brooks Adams

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A woman seldom asks advice before she has bought her wedding clothes.
Marriage
Joseph Addison

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A gentleman is any man who wouldn't hit a woman with his hat on.
Gentlemen
Fred A. Allen

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The best-dressed woman is one whose clothes wouldn't look too strange in the country.
Dress
Sir Hardy Amies

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Man proposes, woman forecloses.
Seduction
Minna Antrim

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When a woman is very, very bad, she is awful, but when a man is correspondingly good, he is weird.
Men and Women
Minna Antrim

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In nine cases out of ten, a woman had better show more affection than she feels.
Affection
Jane Austen

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It is always incomprehensible to a man that a woman should ever refuse an offer of marriage.
Marriage
Jane Austen

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A woman must be a genius to create a good husband.
Marriage
Honore De Balzac

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Men's second childhood begins when a woman gets a hold of him.
Men
Sir James M. Barrie

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America is an adorable woman chewing tobacco.
America
Frederic Auguste Bartholdi

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Man loves little and often. Woman much and rarely.
Men and Women
Basta

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Music should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears form the eyes of woman.
Music
Ludwig Van Beethoven

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All a writer has to do to get a woman is to say he's a writer. It's an aphrodisiac.
Writers and Writing
Saul Bellow

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To the illumined man or woman, a clod of dirt, a stone, and gold are the same.
Possessions
Bhagavad Gita

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Beauty. The power by which a woman charms a lover and terrifies a husband.
Beauty
Ambrose Bierce

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Bride. A woman with a fine prospect of happiness behind her.
Weddings
Ambrose Bierce

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Woman absent is woman dead.
Absence
Ambrose Bierce

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As a general thing, when the woman wears the pants in the family, she has a good right to them.
Marriage
Josh Billings

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Woman's influence is powerful, especially when she wants something.
Power
Josh Billings

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Character contributes to beauty. It fortifies a woman as her youth fades.
Character
Jacqueline Bisset

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Every day the fat woman dies a series of small deaths.
Obesity
Shelley Bovey

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She was a handsome woman of forty-five and would remain so for many years.
Age and Aging
Anita Brookner

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Charm is a glow within a woman which casts a most becoming light on others.
Charm
John Mason Brown

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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun