Théophile Gautier - Women Quotes

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I have remarked that those who love women most, and are most tender in their intercourse with them, are most inclined to speak ill of them, as if they could not forgive them for not being as irreproachable as they wish them to be

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I can not see why women are so desirous of imitating men. I could understand the wish to be a boa constrictor, a lion, or an elephant; but a man! that surpasses my comprehension.

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Women like audacity: when one astounds them he interests them; and when one interests them, he is very sure to please them.

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