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Miguel de Cervantes on Women

1547–1616 Spain

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It is the nature of women to disdain those who love them, and to love those who abhor them.

The woman who is resolved to be respected can make herself so even amidst an army of soldiers.

An honest maid and a broken leg are best at home, a woman and a hen are soon lost by gadding, and the girl who’s anxious to see also longs to be seen.

That's the nature of women ... not to love when we love them, and to love when we love them not.

El ingenioso hidalgo don Quixote de la Mancha (The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha) (1605)

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