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Man was the first gossip, for he told tales of his wife. A wise woman is the crown of her husband. Solomon If a beautiful woman would kiss the sea, its waters would be no longer bitter! Koran We govern the world because women govern us. Themistocles Let wives and husbands be equal! Solon A man who tries to live without loving, only plays the fool by rules. Julius & Augustus: Caesar & Alexander the Great If wives kept their husbands’ purses they would always govern them. Let us act as our wives advise: Nothing should be dearer to wise men! Cicero, Pompey & Pliny Let him who wants wisdom consult a woman! Plutarch He who strikes his wife affronts his best self. Cato Senior When I see woman fastened to a tree, I wish all trees bore such fruit! Diogenes A wife is the best half of man. Hindu Maxim He who wounds his wife shall lose his hand. American Indian Law There have been 4 good women, but the number of good men is doubtful. The Talmud A woman’s weapon is her tongue, which she should use to prevent rust. Confucius’s Institutes Nature made Man with an axe but Woman with a pencil. Canadian Tradition When the Creator sent Light, he sent Woman into the world! Saxon Proverb Let Women rule their Husbands! Egyptian & Babylonian Law Women should be honoured at all times! Henry IV & Frederic II What is the universe without woman? Zimmerman Why do kings reign better that queens? Because women govern when men reign! Duc de Sully Authority is acquired by Man, but is natural to Woman. Montesquieu We find benevolence in men but its graces in women. Rochefoucault Let pleasant people say what they will, good sense is given equally to both sexes. Rousseau Women equal us in every point and differ from us only in being more amiable. Voltaire A woman without loveliness is a mistake of nature. Lavater There are no virtues of the masculine gender except inferior ones. Addison Woman is the chef d’œvre of nature. Steel There is no virtue in man which is not more amiable in woman. Swift We see her faults but love her with them all! Pope Woman is the mistress of youth, the friend of reason, and the nurse of age! Lord Bacon First of all I thank God for my wife! Chief-justice Coke Choose thy wife well for thy fate depends on her! Lord Burleigh The eye of the wife is the light of day to her husband. Bishop Taylor If women taught philosophy, who would not learn? Bayle |
Unanswerable. A wise woman is worth 5s to her husband. Modern Version The Supreme waited till he was asked to create woman lest man should accuse him of spite. Koran Trust no woman! Not even thy own wife. Fire, water and woman are the greatest evils. Homer What business have women in the world? Euripides I gave my enemy a wife. I could do him no greater injury. Pythagoras A wife is good to teach a man patience. Socrates All men are mad, but he who loves is the maddest of all! Horace Caprice is the soul of woman. Ovid, Virgil & Terence Peevishness and curiosity employ wives. Plutarch Let no wise man obey his wife! Cato Junior He who marries may wish for death! Diogenes If she obeys him! Diogenes But he may use a switch. Ibid “Woe to the father of daughters!” Gather up gold but tell not thy wife where it is hid! Hebrew Proverbs Fear nothing but a woman’s tongue! Chinese Ditto The Good Spirit was angry when he made woman . Ditto The Creator made woman fair but could not make her wise. Ibid Two days in the year only! Ditto, ditto There never was a wise woman! The wisest is only a little less foolish. Mary Queen of Scots Is marriage good to all eternity? Then heaven preserve us from it! Zimmerman A friend of mine died for joy when he married a dumb woman: I am not surprised, for it was an extraordinary blessing! Montesquieu There must be husbands, or who could govern women? Fontenelle A very silly man would be a tolerable lady, but a clever lady would only be a very silly man. Rousseau Women are pretty ornaments. If they are more, they are out of place. Voltaire A wise woman is a prodigious as a bearded one. Winkelman Why were fools made? To be companions for Eve’s daughters. Addison Deceit is invention in man, but instinct in woman. Steele Parrots have more amusing tricks than women and are neither so expensive nor so mischievous. Swift A plague on female wisdom! It makes a man ten times more uneasy than his own! Pope Wives are like the baggage of an army: an inevitable evil. Bacon A woman can hold no office but a sexton’s, because she loves to bury her husband. Coke’s Institutes Of all plagues a female one is the worst. Burleigh Where there is woman, there must be mischief. St Columbus Women reason as puppets dance: they do it ill, but one wonders how they do it at all! Dr Johnson |