Women's Wit and Wisdom: A Book Of Quotations: Susan B. Anthony, Jane Austen, Florence Nightingale, Eleanor Roosevelt, Virginia Woolf, Gloria SteinemSusan L. Rattiner Courier Corporation, 2012 M05 22 - 80 páginas "Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving us wordy evidence of the fact," said Mary Ann Evans, a.k.a. George Eliot. "In nine cases out of ten, a woman had better show more affection than she feels," opined Jane Austen. "When a girl marries, she exchanges the attentions of many men for the inattention of one," observed Helen Rowland. These are just a few of more than 400 memorable quotes in this volume, expressed over the past 2,500 years by female poets, novelists, historical figures, celebrities, entertainers, and others. |
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... Fanny Burney , who referred to it in 1768 as the “ end to a woman's liberty ” – to many a 20th - century sentiment . In a poem published in 1894 , Frances Ellen Watkins Harper laments the “ double standard ” that precludes gender ...
... FANNY BURNEY 1752-1840 ; Camilla ( 1796 ) No riches from his scanty store My lover could impart ; He gave a boon I valued more , He gave me all his heart . HELEN MARIA WILLIAMS 1762-1827 ; “ Song , ” An Ode to Peace and Other Poems ...
... FANNY BURNEY 1752–1840 ; diary ( July 1768 ) No man is in love when he marries ... There is something in the formalities of the matrimonial preparations that drive away all the little cupidons . FANNY BURNEY 1752-1840 ; Camilla ( 1796 ) ...
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Mother Father Siblings | 15 |
Aging | 25 |
Success Ambition Achievement | 38 |
Education and Intelligence | 45 |
Wealth and Money | 50 |
Nature the Environment and Time | 57 |
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