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> [“She was simple, not being able to adorn herself, but she was unhappy, as one out of her class; for women belong…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-de-maupassant/she-was-simple-not-being-able-to-adorn-herself-but-she-was-unhappy-as/)

[Guy de Maupassant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-de-maupassant/)

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> [I was fortunate enough to watch Bayley at NXT, when they had their matches. Those girls were on fire. It's all around…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ivory/i-was-fortunate-enough-to-watch-bayley-at-nxt-when-they-had-their/)

[Ivory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ivory/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5b/ivory-19961_enough_i-was-fortunate-enough-to-watch-bayley-a_389296.jpg)

> [Great ladies ... are like the best sauces -- it is better not to know how they are made.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/octave-mirbeau/great-ladies-are-like-the-best-sauces-it-is-better-not-to-know-how/)

[Octave Mirbeau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/octave-mirbeau/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09e/octave-mirbeau-17305_know-how_great-ladies-are-like-the-best-sauces-it_868361.jpg)

> [She kindly laments that I am not of the party, and to be sure I honour great ladies, and I admire great…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-montagu/she-kindly-laments-that-i-am-not-of-the-party-and-to-be-sure-i-honour/)

[Elizabeth Montagu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-montagu/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/487/elizabeth-montagu-28035_admire_she-kindly-laments-that-i-am-not-of-the_1336995.png)

> [Great ladies are no more spiteful than the average rich woman; but one acquires in their society a greater susceptibility, and feels…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stendhal/great-ladies-are-no-more-spiteful-than-the-average-rich-woman-but-one/)

[Stendhal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stendhal/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ea/stendhal-1379_acquire_great-ladies-are-no-more-spiteful-than-t_2979360.jpg)

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