We shelter children for a time; we live side by side with men; and that is all. We owe them nothing, and are owed nothing. I think we owe our friends more, especially our female friends.

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The desire for self-expression afflicts people when they feel there is something of themselves which...

The desire for self-expression afflicts people when they feel there is something of themselves which...

I love acting. It is so much more real than life.

I love acting. It is so much more real than life.

No one could be more happy than a man who has never known affliction.

No one could be more happy than a man who has never known affliction.

Reliable office staff come in the shape of mature married women working from 9.30 to...

Reliable office staff come in the shape of mature married women working from 9.30 to...

Nothing happens, and nothing happens, and then everything happens.

Nothing happens, and nothing happens, and then everything happens.

There's no such thing as old age, there is only sorrow.

There's no such thing as old age, there is only sorrow.

Men are irrelevant.

Men are irrelevant.

People give us credit only for what we ourselves believe.

People give us credit only for what we ourselves believe.

Beauty is the first present nature gives to women and the first it takes away.

Beauty is the first present nature gives to women and the first it takes away.

Young women especially have something invested in being nice people, and it's only when you...

Young women especially have something invested in being nice people, and it's only when you...

Only one thing registers on the subconscious mind: repetitive application - practice. What you practice...

Only one thing registers on the subconscious mind: repetitive application - practice. What you practice...

The greatest things are accomplished by individual people, not by committees or companies.

The greatest things are accomplished by individual people, not by committees or companies.

Young women especially have something invested in being nice people, and it's only when you...

Young women especially have something invested in being nice people, and it's only when you...

You don't know a women till you've met her in court.

You don't know a women till you've met her in court.

The surest way to hit a woman's heart is to take aim kneeling.

The surest way to hit a woman's heart is to take aim kneeling.

To be born woman is to know - although they do not speak of it...

To be born woman is to know - although they do not speak of it...

When love once pleads admission to our hearts, In spite of all the virtue we...

When love once pleads admission to our hearts, In spite of all the virtue we...

A woman's dress should be like a barbed-wire fence: serving its purpose without obstructing the...

A woman's dress should be like a barbed-wire fence: serving its purpose without obstructing the...

I'm not denying the women are foolish: God almighty made 'em to match the men.

I'm not denying the women are foolish: God almighty made 'em to match the men.

The violence betwen women is unbelievable. Women try to make each other crawl so that...

The violence betwen women is unbelievable. Women try to make each other crawl so that...