Disgrace Quote by Caroline Norton

A woman who does not know herself has no choice other than to live with other people’s evaluations. But no one can adapt perfectly…

— Natsuo Kirino

There is no compensation for the woman who feels that the chief relation of her life has been no more than a mistake. She…

— George Eliot

The measure of woman's distaste for any part of her life lies not in the loudness of her lamentations (these are only an attempt…

— Quentin Crisp

A lady, that is an enlightened, cultivated, liberal lady - the only kind to be in a time of increasing classlessness - could espouse…

— Virgilia Peterson

To be a woman condemned to a wretched and disgraceful punishment is no impediment to beauty, but it is an insurmountable obstacle to power.…

— Alexandre Dumas

“She's one of these beautiful women who's just a nobody and a nothing, and when they make it big, they always fall apart. Money…

— Anne Rampling

A well-behaved woman seldom makes history

— Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

She explained that many people, but especially women, feel fraudulent when they are praised for their accomplishments. Instead of feeling worthy of recognition, they…

— Sheryl Sandberg

A wretched woman is more unfortunate than a wretched man.

— Victor Hugo

Fame is not just. She never finely or discriminatingly praises, but coarsely hurrahs.

— Henry David Thoreau

There is not a woman in the world the possession of whom is as precious as that of the truths which she reveals to…

— Marcel Proust

She was heartily ashamed of her ignorance - a misplaced shame. Where people wish to attach, they should always be ignorant. To come with…

— Jane Austen