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Woman makes half the sorrows which she boasts the privilege to sooth. Woman consoles us, it is true, while we are young and handsome; when we are old and ugly, woman snubs and scolds us. On the whole, then, woman in this scale, the weed in that. Jupiter! Hang out thy balance, and weigh them both; and if thou give the preference to woman, all I can say is, the next time Juno ruffles thee, O Jupiter, try the weed.
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A good cigar is as great a comfort to a man as a good cry to a woman.
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The haughty woman who can stand alone, and requires no leaning-place in our hearts, loses the spell of her sex.
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Centuries roll, customs change, but, ever since the time of the earliest mother, woman yearns to be the soother.
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A woman too often reasons from her heart; hence two-thirds of her mistakes and her troubles.
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My ship was also in better condition than when she sailed from Boston on her long voyage. She was still as sound as a nut, and as tight as the best ship afloat. She did not leak a drop - not one drop!
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Born:
May 25, 1803
Died:
January 18, 1873
(aged 69)
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