Ambrose Bierce - Woman Quotes

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WOMAN, n. An animal usually living in the vicinity of Man, and having a rudimentary susceptibility to domestication.

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WEAKNESSES, n.pl. Certain primal powers of Tyrant Woman wherewith she holds dominion over the male of her species, binding him to the service of her will and paralyzing his rebellious energies.

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POCKET, n. The cradle of motive and the grave of conscience. In woman this organ is lacking; so she acts without motive, and her conscience, denied burial, remains ever alive, confessing the sins of others.

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What a woman most admires in a man is distinction among men. What a man most admires in a woman is devotion to himself.

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When God makes a beautiful woman, the devil opens a new register.

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QUEEN, n. A woman by whom the realm is ruled when there is a king, and through whom it is ruled when there is not.

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LIMB, n. The branch of a tree or the leg of an American woman.

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Woman would be more charming if one could fall into her arms without falling into her hands.

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To men a man is but a mind. Who cares
What face he carries or what form he wears?
But woman's body is the woman. O,
Stay thou, my sweetheart, and do never go,
But heed the warning words the sage hath said:
A woman absent is a woman dead.

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You are not permitted to kill a woman who has wronged you, but nothing forbids you to reflect that she is growing older every minute. You are avenged 1,440 times a day.

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Clairvoyant, n.: A person, commonly a woman, who has the power of seeing that which is invisible to her patron - namely, that he is a blockhead.

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EXCEPTION, n. A thing which takes the liberty to differ from other things of its class, as an honest man, a truthful woman, etc.

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Witch, n. (1) An ugly and repulsive old woman, in a wicked league with the devil. (2) A beautiful and attractive young woman, in wickedness a league beyond the devil.

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Curiosity, n. An objectionable quality of the female mind. The desire to know whether or not a woman is cursed with curiosity is one of the most active and insatiable passions of the masculine soul.

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Beauty, n: the power by which a woman charms a lover and terrifies a husband.

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Bride, n. A woman with a fine prospect of happiness behind her.

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MOUTH, n. In man, the gateway to the soul; in woman, the outlet of the heart.

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