WOMEN AND THE WITS.
"Women and the Wits" is a little book of epigrams compiled by Mr. G. F. Monkshood. It is a sheaf of epigrams from ancient and modern literature "on women, love and beauty." Mr. Monks* hood classifies them as wise, witty, and tender. The witty predominate, and much of the wit is mordant, especially the French.
If the women did not make such idols of us, and if they saw us as wo see each other, would life be bearable, or could society go on? Thackeray. Let a man pray that none of his womankind should form a just estimation of —Thackeray.
A reputation for success has as much influence with women as a reputation for wealth has with —Beaconsfield.
Women have more of what is termed good sense than men. They cannot reason wrong, for they do not reason at all. — Hazlett. ,
Women are the happiest beings of creation ; in compensation for our services they reward us with a happiness of which they retain more than half.—De Varennes. In condemning the vanity of women, men complain of the fire they themselves have kindled. —Lingree.
No man has yet discovered the secret of giving successfully friendly advice to a woman—not even to his own.—Balzac.
Curiosity is one of the forms of feminine bravery. —Victor Hugo.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18345, 10 March 1923, Page 4 (Supplement)
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