Feminism Quote by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

A noble man is led by woman's gentle words.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“Yes, I am cruel—since you take so much delight in that word-and am I not entitled to be so? Man is the one who…

— Leopold von Sacher-Masoch

There speaks the man of truly noble ways, Who will not listen to the words of praise. In modesty averse, and with deaf ears,…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“The man who indulges us in this natural passion, who invites us into his heart, who, as it were, sets open the gates of…

— Adam Smith

“...[T]hou knowest not the heart of woman... [N]ot in thy fiercest battles hast thou displayed more of thy vaunted courage than has been shown…

— Walter Scott

One word of praise from a woman is dearer to me than a whole ode from a man . .

— Maxim Gorky

There are certain words which are nearer and dearer to a man than any others.

— Nikolai Gogol

All history attests that man has subjected woman to his will, used her as a means to promote his selfish gratification, to minister to…

— Sarah Moore Grimke

What is nobler than a man wresting and wringing his bread from the stubborn soil by the sweat of his brow and the break…

— William Morris Hunt

“You are one woman in an endless line of women who were chosen to love more passionately than others, be committed to justice more…

— Mandy Nachampassack-Maloney

“...and it is characteristic of the young to become bound to an older and wiser man not only by the spell of his words…

— Umberto Eco

“The weak would never enter the kingdom of love, which is a harsh & ungenerous kingdom & that women gives themselves only to men…

— Gabriel García Márquez