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please a woman is to let her do what she
pleases.
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Woman is born to acting as the sparks fly upward. And
What a woman really is, nobody knows, least of all herself. To see a
woman as she really is, one must see her with her babe. For
It is curious, but it is true, that not even before the passionate and
accepted lover to whom she has utterly devoted herself can a woman
bare her heart as can she to her babe. Perhaps we may go so far as to
say that
Motherhood always partially eclipses wife-hood:
When the child comes, the man stands aside. For
It is not within the capability of man to evoke or to develop the totality
of woman. There are feminine potentialities he is powerless to awake.
There is a portion of womanliness always hidden from him. To her
babe alone she opens the innermost recesses of her soul. For him she
wears no masks, affect no accent, plays no part. Even her features take
on a different and unique expression before the offspring of her womb.
Never is she more womanly, never so strong, never so quite, never so
self-contained, never so completely herself, and never so beautify when
bending over her helpless infant son. And naturally: for say what one
will,
Motherhood is the goal of womanhood. And
Howsoever she comes by it, a woman's burthen is always to her "That
Holy Thing". So
No one knows what a woman is like till she is a mother. In other words

Motherhood reveals womanhood. And, be it remembered,
There be childless women--both spinsters and wives--who could
mother mankind in their bosoms. Such women wield great influence.
For
Many a mere man there is has owed his all to a motherly woman.
* * *
Nor speech, not restore, nor expression of feature, nor all combined,
will ever reveal the real feelings of a woman. To unbosom herself is
impossible to woman. Do not expect it, for
Definite and accurate utterance is not given to woman.
* * *
The chief business of woman is: first, to get married; second, to get
others married.
* * *
It is difficult to say which have played the greater havoc among men:
the women with too much conscience, or the woman with none.
* * *
When a woman repulses, beware. When a woman beckons, be warier.
* * *
Woman are always prepared for emergencies.
* * *
With woman, tact and jealousy rarely go hand in hand; tact and spite
never.

The only instance in which a woman's tact is apt to be at fault is in
detraction of a woman whom she regards as her rival;
The instance in which a woman's tact is seen as its best is in deploying
the men who she knows are rivals for her hand. And usually
When a woman has more than one admirer, she not only deploys them,
but tries to make them advance en echelon. For
Few things disconcert a woman more than a multiple and simultaneous
attack delivered front a front. But
The way in which a woman will maneuver her attackers is marvelous.
* * *
They say a woman cannot argue. Hear her explain an indiscretion!
* * *
An independent woman is a contradiction in terms. For Woman's chief
want is to feel that she is wanted. Therefore it is that
With women, cruelty is more easily borne than coldness. Indeed, It is
astonishing how much downright cruelty a woman will stand from the
man she loves or has loved. On the other hand,
Melancholy also attracts women. Naturally,
Women are made to soothe, to pity, to comfort, to delight. Therefore it
is that
To see a strong man in a weak woman's arms is a sight which should
arouse --not our laughter, but our(1) envy. So it does.
(1) Common Gender
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Let not the simpleton think a woman will sympathize with his
simplicity:
No woman is a simpleton.
What women admire is a subtle combination of forcefulness and
gentleness.
If a woman has to choose between forcefulness and gentleness, always
she will sacrifice the latter. And
It is astonishing to what lengths forcefulness can go without
endangering a woman's admiration. If it sweeps her off her feet. . . well,
In nothing does a woman so clearly exhibit the inherent femininity of
her nature as in the delight with which, at the bottom of her heart, she
recalls moments when she has been swept off her feet. She may sigh
over them; but
Generally, a woman's sighs are by no means those of remorse. A
woman never brings pure reason to bear upon her actions; she acts by
sentiment 40 and she judges her acts