#th

Because we are the only women who are mothers of men." Gorgo: when asked by a woman from Attica why Spartan women were the only women in the world who could rule men. ↗

— Gorgos

#men

The wild women in his lap,' my father enthused, 'laying their breasts on his head.' There was a moment of stunned silence. Then my mother spoke slowly, with an edge to her voice. 'I think you mean "wild beasts laying their heads in his lap".' 'Do I? ↗

— Patrick Rothfuss

#breasts #humor #humour #men #sex

Girls never marry the men they flirt with. Girls don't think it right. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#men

I admit, that the brain does not govern the body as well as one might wish- else all men would be saints and hell would be empty of lechers. ↗

— Meredith Duran

#men #sex #truth #wise #men

Needs are stronger than liking. ↗

— Ravindra Shukla

#philosphy #youth #life

How long will it be necessary to pay City men so entirely out of proportion to what other servants of society commonly receive for performing social services not less useful or difficult? ↗

— John Maynard Keynes

#economy #society #wages #wealth #men

He was the future he was a perfect picture of the future and they were afraid to let anyone see what the future was like. Already they were looking ahead they were figuring the future and somewhere in the future they saw war. To fight the war they would need men and if men saw the future they wouldn't fight. ↗

— Dalton Trumbo

#war #men

What happened?" Wyatt asked Crystal, and stood back so the two of them could come inside out of the oppressive heat. "Why are you asking her?" Reed thumped past him. "I'm the one on crutches." "She'll tell me the truth," Wyatt said. "You'll just give me some bullshit story that will end with 'You should see the other guy'." "You wound me, bro" [Reed] "He tore his ACL the day before yesterday trying to do a stunt on a skateboard." [Crystal] "Mendoza dared him." [Luke Colter] "No one held a gun to the fool's head" [Mendoza] ↗

— Cindy Gerard

#black-ops #brotherhood #funny #men-being-boys #reunion

The power of women! I've never felt so full of mysterious power. Men are a joke. ↗

— John Fowles

#women-s-strength #men

A foolish woman believes that loyalty is automatic. A wise woman knows that it is earned. ↗

— Shannon L. Alder

#gullible-women #loyal #unfaithful-men #men