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Quote by Jane Austen
There are certainly not so many men of large fortune in the world,

There are certainly not so many men of large fortune in the world, as there are pretty women to deserve them. – Jane Austen

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What dreadful hot weather we have! It keeps me in a continual state of inelegance. – Jane Austen

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Men have had every advantage of us in telling their own story. Education has been theirs in so much higher a degree the pen has been in their hands. I will not allow books to prove anything. – Jane Austen

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We have dreamt of every woman there is, and dreamt too of the miracle that would bring us the pleasure of being a woman, for women have all the qualities — courage, passion, the capacity to love, cunning — whereas all our imagination can do is naively pile up the illusion of courage. – Jean Baudrillard

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I do not believe in using women in combat, because females are too fierce. – Margaret Mead

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Companies like I.B.M. have offered women scholarships to study engineering for years, and women engineers routinely get higher starting salaries than men. – Warren Farrell

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Make no mistake, most women are well aware that theyve never had it so good when they enter a spa or salon, it is purely a hair/nails thing, a prelude to an evening of guilt-free fun. – Julie Burchill

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