John Selden Quote

Women ought not to know their own wit, because they will still be showing it, and so spoil it.


Table-talk, 1689, ed. by E. Arber. (Eng. repr.). (ed. 1689)


Women ought not to know their own wit, because they will still be showing it, and so spoil it.

Women ought not to know their own wit, because they will still be showing it, and so spoil it.

Women ought not to know their own wit, because they will still be showing it, and so spoil it.

Women ought not to know their own wit, because they will still be showing it, and so spoil it.