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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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Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart. – Washington Irving

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Goodbye
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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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A homely face and no figure have aided many women heavenward. – Minna Antrim

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My favorite play in drama school was The Bacchae. Its about a king who literally gets eaten alive by all the women in the play in a kind of orgy – its related to the word bacchanal – and I loved that idea of animalistic chaos and following our own desires. – Hugh Jackman

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Every man needs two women: a quiet home-maker, and a thrilling nymph. – Iris Murdoch

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Women would rather be right than reasonable. – Ogden Nash

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