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I do not think I ever opened a book in my life which had not something to say upon woman's inconstancy. Songs and prover — Jane Austen, Persuasion
I will never deny that life isn't fair. It seems as though when a woman leaves a man she is strong and independent, but — Criss Jami, Killosophy
Do you really believe ... that everything historians tell us about men – or about women – is actually true? You ought to — Moderata Fonte, The Worth of Women: Wherein Is Clearly Revealed Their Nobility and Their Superiority to Men
Causing any damage or harm to one party in order to help another party is not justice, and likewise, attacking all femin — Christine de Pizan, The Book of the City of Ladies
I earnestly wish to point out in what true dignity and human happiness consists. I wish to persuade women to endeavor to — Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
We call talking about other people’s personal lives ‘gossip’ only if we aren’t or weren’t part of the conversation. — Mokokoma Mokhonoana
A woman knows very well that, though a wit sends her his poems, praises her judgment, solicits her criticism, and drinks — Virginia Woolf, Orlando
A man once asked me ... how I managed in my books to write such natural conversation between men when they were by thems — Dorothy L. Sayers, Are Women Human? Astute and Witty Essays on the Role of Women in Society
There will be great reason to suspect the Men of jealousy; and it cannot be rash to say, that their only reason for lock — Lady Sophia Fermor, Woman Not Inferior to Man: Or, a Short and Modest Vindication of the Natural Right of the Fair-Sex to a Perfect Equality of Power, Dignity and Esteem with the Men
There is no indisputable proof for the big bang," said Hollus. "And there is none for evolution. And yet you accept thos — Robert J. Sawyer, Calculating God
Yet if women are so flighty, fickle, changeable, susceptible, and inconstant (as some clerks would have us believe), why — Christine de Pizan, Der Sendbrief vom Liebesgott / The Letter of the God of Love
[J]ust the sight of this book, even though it was of no authority, made me wonder how it happened that so many different — Christine de Pizan, The Book of the City of Ladies
Yes, Latinos dream more. When you live in poverty, when your president is imposed upon you, when they kill someone and n — Jorge Ramos
It is vain to expect virtue from women till they are in some degree independent of men. — Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
She could just pack up and leave, but she does not visualize what's beyond ahead. — Núria Añó
For the powerful, crimes are those that others commit. — Noam Chomsky, Imperial Ambitions: Conversations on the Post-9/11 World
When a man gives his opinion, he's a man. When a woman gives her opinion, she's a bitch. — Bette Davis
I hate to hear you talk about all women as if they were fine ladies instead of rational creatures. None of us want to be — Jane Austen, Persuasion
As long as she thinks of a man, nobody objects to a woman thinking. — Virginia Woolf, Orlando
What’s the worst possible thing you can call a woman? Don’t hold back, now.You’re probably thinking of words like slut, — Jessica Valenti, Full Frontal Feminism