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Woman is stronger by virtue of her feelings than man by virtue of his power
One of the glories of society is to have created woman where Nature had made only a female; to have created a continuity of desire where Nature thought only of perpetuating the species; and, in fine, to have invented love
Nothing can afford a woman greater pleasure than to hear tender words of love. The strictest, most devout woman will listen even if she must not answer
A woman knows the face of the man she loves as a sailor knows the open sea
The true man wants two things: danger and play. For that reason he wants woman, as the most dangerous plaything
For the woman, the man is a means: the end is always the child
Ah, women. They make the highs higher and the lows more frequent
In revenge and in love, woman is more barbarous than man
Men are the cause of women not loving one another
All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his
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