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Kindness in women, not their beauteous looks, shall win my love. -

Kindness in women, not their beauteous looks, shall win my love. – Washington Irving

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After all, it is the divinity within that makes the divinity without and I have been more fascinated by a woman of talent and intelligence, though deficient in personal charms, than I have been by the most regular beauty. – Washington Irving

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The scholar only knows how dear these silent, yet eloquent, companions of pure thoughts and innocent hours become in the season of adversity. When all that is worldly turns to dross around us, these only retain their steady value. – Washington Irving

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Women are beautiful, and yummy. – A.C. Van Cherub, c.1987

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I want to make a policy statement. I am unabashedly in favor of women. – Lyndon B. Johnson

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