Acting Quote by Mary Astell

The intellect of the generality of women serves more to fortify their folly than their reason.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Verily, men do foolish things thoughtlessly, knowing not why; but no woman doeth aught without a reason.

— Gelett Burgess

Even the wisest men make fools of themselves about women, and even the most foolish women are wise about men

— Anonymous

You sometimes have to answer a woman according to her womanliness, just as you have to answer a fool according to his folly.

— George Bernard Shaw

It is not true that men prefer foolish women. Rather they prefer women who can simulate foolishness whenever necessary, which is the very core…

— Paul Eldridge

“The ability of women is not acknowledged; indeed, it is concealed. Wise women pretend that all they are doing is running a household when…

— Phillippa Gregory

Women are of two sorts. Some of them are wiser, better learned, discreeter, and more constant than a number of men. But another and…

— John Aylmer

Women are wiser than men because they know less and understand more.

— James Thurber

It's time that we acknowledge the wisdom women have acquired by managing the chaos of daily life. Women are realists, the glue that holds…

— Teresa Heinz

“The loss of virtue in a female is irretrievable - that one false step involves in her endless ruin - that her reputation is…

— Jane Austen

“Will you explain this to me: Why do women conjure up difficulties where none exist?” “Because women are wise, and they see the future…

— Phyllis T. Smith

“...Obduracy can be overcome by determination. More insidious, and far harder to destroy, was women's internalizing of the notion that they were somehow inferior…

— Ruth Brandon