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Woman Quotes by Oliver Wendell Holmes
- A woman never forgets her sex. She would rather talk with a man than an angel, any day.
- Man has his will, but woman has her way.
- When I think of talking, it is of course with a woman. For talking at its best being an inspiration, it wants a corresponding divine…
- The man flaps about with a bunch of feathers: the woman goes to work softly with a cloth
- The woman cries before the wedding; the man afterward.
- Man has will, but woman has her way.
- A good and true woman is said to resemble a Cremona fiddle: age but increases its worth and sweetens its tone.
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