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José de Cañizares on Women

1676–1750 Spain

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The most astute of women
Has a currency so rare,
That spoken it is golden:
Pearls when in tears it falls,
When written it is silver,
All to copper turns in change.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: José de Cañizares (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.