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Age of Enlightenment2 quotes
Woman's at best a contradiction still. — Alexander Pope · 1735What female heart can gold despise?
What cat's averse to fish? — Thomas Gray · 1748The Renaissance2 quotes
O fairest of Creation, last and best
Of all God's works. — John Milton · 1667Do you not know I am a woman? When I think, I must speak. — William Shakespeare · 1616Classical antiquity1 quote
A fickle and changeable thing always is woman. — Virgil · 19 BCSpanish Golden Age1 quote
That's the nature of women... Not to love when we love them, and to love when we love them not. — Miguel de Cervantes · 1605