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Matthew Prior on Women

1664–1721 England

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3 quotes

That if weak women went astray,
Their stars were more in fault than they.

Hans Carvel (1700)

Be to her virtues very kind;
Be to her faults a little blind;
Let all her ways be unconfined;
And clap your padlock — on her mind!

An English Padlock (1707)

The gray mare will prove the better horse.

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Matthew Prior (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.