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Quote by Mary Wollstonecraft
Children, I grant, should be innocent but when the epithet is appl

Children, I grant, should be innocent but when the epithet is applied to men, or women, it is but a civil term for weakness. – Mary Wollstonecraft

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The divine right of husbands, like the divine right of kings, may, it is hoped, in this enlightened age, be contested without danger. – Mary Wollstonecraft

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Women are degraded by the propensity to enjoy the present moment, and, at last, despise the freedom which they have not sufficient virtue to struggle to attain. – Mary Wollstonecraft

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It is strange that modesty is the rule for women when what they most value in men is boldness. – Ninon de LEnclos

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A Code of Honor: Never approach a friends girlfriend or wife with mischief as your goal. There are just too many women in the world to justify that sort of dishonorable behavior. Unless shes really attractive. – Bruce Jay Friedman

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I think women are concerned too much with their clothes. Men dont really care that much about womens clothes. If they like a girl, chances are theyll like her clothes. – Hedy Lamarr

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Convent – a place of retirement for women who wish for leisure to meditate upon the sin of idleness. – Ambrose Bierce

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