SAYINGS ABOUT WOMEN.
• .-;. ; ■• Wrinkles disfigure a woman less than ill natute. — Dupuy. Woman is an idol that man worships, until he'tbrowsr it down. Women love always ; when the earth slips frdtb: them {hey take refuge in heaven. H?he whisper of a beautiful woman can be* heard further than the loudest call of duty. There is no $oj ture that , a woman would not suffer to enhance her beauty. -—Montaigne. Of all things that man possesses, women alone take pleasure^in being possessed. — M alherbe*. Before promising a^tti|j^o,lbve only her, one should fiaver^Beeii 'tti%m all, or should see only het. ; / We censure the inconstancy of women when weare the victims. We find its charming when we are the objects. A>i;-1 ; '■! I'ti ) -■■■> >«■.•.■. v. ■. -..- We nieeijnjipciety roaßy beautiful, and attractive women whom we think would make; excellent? wives— foj '-.cur friends, '-^o r.-u.U: ■■■';-ur. ■• ■ .••••■! '.■ M 7 oman among savages, is a beast of burden f in : Asia^'she! i» a piece of furniture ; in Europe, she is a spoilt child. — Senaq dd dlieilban. The highest mark <»fr esteem a woman can giveta nianiis to ask his friendship-'^ "and *he vmost signal proof of hfe* indiffierencor is :to offer him hers. • ; :^ .. ? At 20 man is less a lover of woman than of women. He is more in love with the sex than<witftthd individual, however charming she may be. It is not 'easy j t3 be a widow; one must reassume all the modesty of girlhood, without being/ allowed to feign its ignorance.^-'Madame de Girardin. ?, . f . ; . , y Men are so fearful of wounding a woman's .^aßij^) ; that> theyo usrely remember that may, by v ,some> possibility possess a grainjiCcommoß sense. — Jgi^sjßfa^don. , > , . ■■■ Women q|- the .world, never use harsh expressions, when condemning their rivals, rj ;Likja the Sja.yage, they hurl elegant arrows, , ornamentttd with iea^neysr of and a^ure, but with poisoftfl&EßWt»«V aiu Al ' .%*HUqps l i
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Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue 81, 10 June 1881, Page 4
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308SAYINGS ABOUT WOMEN. Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue 81, 10 June 1881, Page 4
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