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A woman knows the face of the man she loves as a sailor knows the open sea
The true man wants two things: danger and play. For that reason he wants woman, as the most dangerous plaything
For the woman, the man is a means: the end is always the child
Ah, women. They make the highs higher and the lows more frequent
In revenge and in love, woman is more barbarous than man
Men are the cause of women not loving one another
All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his
A sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women
Lady of the Mere,
Sole-sitting by the shores of old romance.

A narrow Girdle of rough Stones and Crags
Or shipwrecked, kindles on the coast
False fires, that others may be lost.

To the Lady Fleming
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