Hester Thrale Quote

Women bear Crosses better than Men do, but bear Surprizes – worse.


Letter to Sir James Fellowes, November 6, 1817; The Piozzi Letters: Correspondence of Hester Lynch Piozzi, 1784-1821 (2002) vol. 6, p. 130.


Women bear Crosses better than Men do, but bear Surprizes – worse.

Women bear Crosses better than Men do, but bear Surprizes – worse.

Women bear Crosses better than Men do, but bear Surprizes – worse.

Women bear Crosses better than Men do, but bear Surprizes – worse.