George Farquhar Quote

Women are like pictures: of no value in the hands of a fool till he hears men of sense bid high for the purchase.


The Beaux Stratagem, 1707 (ed. 1972)


Women are like pictures: of no value in the hands of a fool till he hears men of sense bid high for the purchase.

Women are like pictures: of no value in the hands of a fool till he hears men of sense bid high for the purchase.

Women are like pictures: of no value in the hands of a fool till he hears men of sense bid high for the purchase.

Women are like pictures: of no value in the hands of a fool till he hears men of sense bid high for the purchase.