#woman

I declare to you that woman must not depend upon the protection of man, but must be taught to protect herself, and there I take my stand. ↗

— Susan B. Anthony

#depend #herself #i #man #must

Almost all the ideas we have about being a man or being a woman are so burdened with pain, anxiety, fear and self-doubt. For many of us, the confusion around this question is excruciating. ↗

— Andrew Cohen

#almost #anxiety #around #being #being a man

Children, dear and loving children, can alone console a woman for the loss of her beauty. ↗

— Honore de Balzac

#beauty #children #console #dear #her

Hitherto I have courted Truth with a kind of Romantick Passion, in spite of all Difficulties and Discouragements: for knowledge is thought so unnecessary an Accomplishment for a Woman, that few will give themselves the Trouble to assist us in the Attainment of it. ↗

— Mary Astell

#assist #attainment #courted #difficulties #discouragements

If a Woman can neither Love nor Honour, she does ill in promising to Obey. ↗

— Mary Astell

#honour #ill #love #neither #nor

It is always incomprehensible to a man that a woman should ever refuse an offer of marriage. ↗

— Jane Austen

#ever #incomprehensible #man #marriage #offer

I'm the only pro-life woman in the Senate. I take this issue very seriously. I'm the mother of two children. ↗

— Kelly Ayotte

#i #issue #mother #only #pro-life

Guys will definitely settle for women who get the joke. But a woman who can make you laugh? It's not high on a guy's must list. Perhaps it should be. ↗

— Hank Azaria

#get #guy #guys #high #joke

Woman absent is woman dead. ↗

— Walter Bagehot

#dead #woman

A husband who submits to his wife's yoke is justly held an object of ridicule. A woman's influence ought to be entirely concealed. ↗

— Honore de Balzac

#entirely #held #his #husband #influence