Half Quote by Franz Grillparzer Download Open image “The noble woman is half a man, even a complete one. Only their imperfections make them women.” — Franz Grillparzer ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.8 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Half Imperfection Men Men and women Noble Perfection Sexism
Woman is the symbol to man of the uncleanness of bodily existence, of which he purifies himself by putting her to noble uses. She… — Laura Riding Copy Share Image
“There are two sides to every woman.” It might have been a mummy dispensing elder wisdom. “One is rational, like a man. The other… — Fritz Leiber Copy Share Image
Men don't like nobility in woman. Not any men. I suppose it is because the men like to have the copyrights on nobility --… — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
Woman is the highest, holiest, most precious gift to man. Her mission and throne is the family, and if anything is withheld that would… — John Todd Copy Share Image
Base men being in love have then a nobility in their natures more than is native to them. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
“many women do noble things, but you surpass them all. charm is deceptive, beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the Lord, she… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If there be any one whose power is in beauty, in purity, in goodness, it is a woman. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
A complete woman is probably not a very admirable creature. She is manipulative, uses other people to get her own way, and works within… — Anita Brookner Copy Share Image
A true woman of virtue is one who will socialize with every man on earth, and doesn't share her body with any of them. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A woman who is perfectly woman is superior to a man who is imperfectly man, just as a farmer who is faithful to his… — Julius Evola Copy Share Image
Women are as they are; they necessarily have the defects of their virtues. — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
I repeat, sir, that in whatever position you place a woman she is an ornament to society and a treasure to the world. As… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Genius differs from talent not by the amount of original thoughts, but by making the latter fertile and by positioning them properly, in other… — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
It's the misfortune of German authors that not a single one of them dares to expose his true character. Everyone thinks that he has… — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
Genius resembles a bell; in order to ring it must be suspended into pure air, and when a foreign body touches it, its joyful… — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
Whoever considers morality the main objective of human existence, seems to me like a person who defines the purpose of a clock asnot going… — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
Those who want to row on the ocean of human knowledge do not get far, and the storm drives those out of their course… — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
The military and the clergy cause us much annoyance; the clergy and the military, they empty our wallets and rob our intelligence. — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
I'd wish the government took honest people into consideration, it shows enough consideration for scoundrels. — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
Much as I honor the wisdom of the princess--there is something more dashing about a man. — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
Only by himself, with one acre and a house, will a dunce be a dunce. Once he manages to gain power, he'll turn into… — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
The old harlot, German philosophy, has finally turnedinto a church lady. — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
Is it true that one travels in order to know mankind? It is easier to get to know other people at home, but abroad… — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
When you listen to someone improvise, the notes that are played are only half the story. — Hubert Laws Copy Share Image
A lesser complaint: hair extensions. There are moments on 'All My Children' when half the women actors, young and old, seem to be afflicted… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
Half the misery of human life might be extinguished if men would alleviate the general curse they lie under by mutual offices of compassion,… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
I genuinely did not expect more than half our nation to choose to walk away from our long-term allies into the arms of our… — Brian Reade Copy Share Image
Being blonde, for me, means never having to say: 'I'll have the honey-striped half-head of highlights for £200,' to a bored colourist in a… — Rachel Johnson Copy Share Image
In the movie, the stars above the ship bear no correspondence to any constellations in a real sky. Worse yet, while the heroine bobs...… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
For the glory born of Goodness Never dies, And its flag is not half-masted In the skies. — Bret Harte Copy Share Image
But the effect of her being on those around her was incalculably diffusive: for the growing good of the world is partly dependent on… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
I with borrow'd silver shine, What you see is none of mine. First I show you but a quarter, Like the bow that guards… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
If you want to change something by Tuesday, theater is no good. Journalism is what does that. But, if you want to just alter… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
I spend a lot of time loathing the sentences that I put down on the page. Once I'm past that phase, it doesn't really… — Kelly Link Copy Share Image
I usually write from the rhythm section...If a drummer got a funky beat on some things - like a half-shuffle or a shuffle or… — Miles Davis Copy Share Image