Alfred de Musset - Woman Quotes

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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.

Alfred de Musset

The weakness of woman gives to some men a victory that their merit would never gain.

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Without woman the two extremities of life would be without succor, and the middle without pleasure.

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A man explodes with indignation when a woman ceases to love him, yet he soon finds consolation; a woman is less demonstrative when deserted, and remains longer inconsolable.

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Before marriage, woman is a queen; after marriage, a subject.

Alfred de Musset

Take time as it comes, the wind as it blows, woman as she is.

Alfred de Musset

A woman forgives everything, but the fact that you do not covet her.

Alfred de Musset