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Marguerite de Navarre on Women

1492–1549 France

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The woman who does not choose to love should cut the matter short at once, by holding out no hopes to her suitor.

Attributed A Thousand Flashes of French Wit, Wisdom, and Wickedness (1902)

A woman of honor should never suspect another of things she would not do herself.

Attributed A Thousand Flashes of French Wit, Wisdom, and Wickedness (1902)

God has put into the heart of man love and the boldness to sue, and into the heart of woman fear and the courage to refuse.

Attributed A Thousand Flashes of French Wit, Wisdom, and Wickedness (1902)

There are women so hard to please that it seems as if nothing less than an angel will suit them: hence it comes that they often meet with devils.

Attributed A Thousand Flashes of French Wit, Wisdom, and Wickedness (1902)

Women suffer more from disappointment than men, because they have more of faith and are naturally more credulous.

Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)

A woman of honor should not suspect another of things she would not do herself.

Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)

There are women so hard to please that it would seem as if nothing less than an angel would suit them; and hence it comes that they often encounter devils.

Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)

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