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I know the disposition of women: when you will, they won't; when you won't, they set their hearts upon you of their own inclination
Women wish to be loved without a why or a wherefore; not because they are pretty, or good, or well-bred, or graceful, or intelligent, but because they are themselves
Women have simple tastes. They get pleasure out of the conversation of children in arms and men in love
Women always excel men in that sort of wisdom which comes from experience. To be a woman is in itself a terrible experience
Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior
The great question that has never been answered, and which I have not yet been able to answer, despite my thirty years of research into the feminine soul, is �What does a woman want?�
She is not made to be the admiration of all, but the happiness of one
Only men who are not interested in women are interested in women's clothes. Men who like women never notice what they wear
The face of a woman, whatever be the force or extent of her mind, whatever be the importance of the object she pursues, is always an obstacle or a reason in the story of her life
The egotism of woman is always for two
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
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On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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