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Man is the vainest of all creatures that have their being upon earth.
Homer900–800 BCThe Odyssey (8th century BC), Book XVIIIIn context
- Men
- Pride
A woman has to be twice as good as a man to go half as far.
Fannie Hurst1889–1968From speech at the National Conference of Women sponsored by “The New York Times.” Beth Blair. Women Will Have New World Status, Miami Daily News, April 27 1943, page 11A, Column 5.
- Women
A woman still has to be twice as good as a man in order to get half as far.
Fannie Hurst1889–1968From speech at the National Conference of Women sponsored by “The New York Times.” Beth Blair. Women Will Have New World Status, Miami Daily News, April 27 1943, page 11A, Column 5.
- Women
Chastity…the most unnatural of all the sexual perversions.
Aldous Huxley1894–1963Eyeless in Gaza (1936), Ch. 27
I have been your doll-wife, just as at home I was papa’s doll-child; and here the children have been my dolls.
Henrik Ibsen1828–1906A Doll’s House (1879), Act III, spoken by NoraIn context
- Marriage
- Women
I believe that before all else I am a reasonable human being, just as you are⁠—or, at all events, that I must try and become one.
Henrik Ibsen1828–1906A Doll’s House (1879), Act III, spoken by NoraIn context
- Freedom
- Women
I profess not to know how women’s hearts are wooed and won. To me they have always been matters of riddle and admiration.
Washington Irving1783–1859The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1820)In context
- Love
- Women
The superiority of one man’s opinion over another’s is never so great as when the opinion is about a woman.
Henry James1843–1916The Tragic Muse (1890), ch. IX
- Women
People should be very free with sex, but they should draw the line at goats.
Elton Johnborn 1947from 1976 interview with Rolling Stone magazine
- Comedy
Sex: the expense is damnable, the position is ridiculous, and the pleasure fleeting.
Samuel Johnson1709–1784
Sir, a woman’s preaching is like a dog’s walking on his hinder legs. It is not done well; but you are surprised to find it done at all.
Samuel Johnson1709–1784Life of Samuel Johnson (1791), Vol I (31 July 1763) p. 132. [Several editions have the variant “hind legs”.]
- Clever Jabs
- Women
It’s not about finding the right man, it’s about being the right woman.
DJDebby JonesLady In Waiting
- Women
Without sex it would be so easy to choose appropriate people to live with. Sex was the joker in an otherwise rational deck.
Erica Jongborn 1942How to Save Your Own Life (1977)
Love between man and man is impossible because there must not be sexual intercourse and friendship between man and woman is impossible because there must be sexual intercourse.
James Joyce1882–1941Dubliners (1914), A Painful CaseIn context
- Friendship
- Love
The only thing worse than a man you can’t control is a man you can.
MKMargo Kaufman
- Men