There never has been a nation that has not looked upon woman as the companion or the consolation of man, or as the sacred instrument of his life, and that has not honored her in those characters.


A Thousand Flashes of French Wit, Wisdom, and Wickedness (1886)


There never has been a nation that has not looked upon woman as the companion or the consolation of man, or as the sacred instrument of his life, and ...

There never has been a nation that has not looked upon woman as the companion or the consolation of man, or as the sacred instrument of his life, and ...

There never has been a nation that has not looked upon woman as the companion or the consolation of man, or as the sacred instrument of his life, and ...

There never has been a nation that has not looked upon woman as the companion or the consolation of man, or as the sacred instrument of his life, and ...