Arrogance Quote by Virginia Woolf

Women have served all these centuries as looking glasses possessing the power of reflecting the figure of man at twice its natural size.

— Virginia Woolf

“Female forms of exquisite grace and beauty began to mingle in his mental adventures; nor was he long without looking abroad to compare the…

— Walter Scott

“figure full of the affluent beauty of womanhood in its prime, bearing unmistakable marks of the polished pupil of the world in the grace…

— Louisa May Alcott

“The natural and untainted male mind respects and loves the woman and her magnificent scope of capability and creative gifts.”

— Bryant McGill

“It is quite edifying to hear women speculate upon the worthlessness and the duration of beauty. But though virtue is a much finer thing,…

— William Makepeace Thackeray

“We’re all looking glasses, we girls, existing only to reflect their images back to them as they’d like to be seen.”

— Libba Bray

“It is well known that women outlive men; could it merely be superior vanity that keeps them going?”

— Truman Capote

“The glass served up her likeness without sympathy, showing every line and shadow.”

— Sarah Hilary

“In every medium, women are relentlessly presented as either rewards, ornaments, or obstacles.”

— Jaclyn Friedman

“The world beyond the glass is the world of masculine action. Everything she sees is what a man has built. But at each turn-off,…

— Hilary Mantel

“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

“I already began to inspire the men with love. My breast began to take its right form, and such a breast! white, firm, and…

— Voltaire