Quotes about sex
325 quotes from 189 people
I am tempted to think that to be despised by her sex is a very great compliment to a woman.
I dare do all that may become a man;
Who dares do more is none.We cannot fight for love as men may do.
We should be woo’d, and were not made to woo.
William Shakespeare1564–1616A Midsummer Night’s Dream (c. 1595), Act II, Scene I, spoken by HelenaIn context- William Shakespeare1564–1616The Merchant of Venice (c. 1597), Act I, Scene II, spoken by PortiaIn context
He that hath a beard is more than a youth, and he that hath no beard is less than a man
William Shakespeare1564–1616Much Ado About Nothing (c. 1598), Act II, Scene I, spoken by BeatriceIn context- William Shakespeare1564–1616Much Ado About Nothing (c. 1598), Act II, Scene III, spoken by BalthasarIn context
All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That’s his.
Oscar Wilde1854–1900The Importance of Being Earnest (1895), Third Act, spoken by Lady BracknellIn contextMark but this flea, and mark in this,
How little that which thou deniest me is;
