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{{Quote|There's no such thing as picking out the best woman: it's only a question of comparative badness. (Nam optuma nulla potest eligi; Alia alia pejor est.)|Plautus, Aulularia}} | {{Quote|There's no such thing as picking out the best woman: it's only a question of comparative badness. (Nam optuma nulla potest eligi; Alia alia pejor est.)|Plautus, Aulularia}} | ||
== | ==c. 200 BC: Bhagavad Gita== | ||
{{Quote|“When irreligion is prominent in the family, O Krsna, the women of the family become polluted, and from the degradation of womanhood, O descendant of Vrsni, comes unwanted progeny.”|Bhagavad-Gita 1:40}} | {{Quote|“When irreligion is prominent in the family, O Krsna, the women of the family become polluted, and from the degradation of womanhood, O descendant of Vrsni, comes unwanted progeny.”|Bhagavad-Gita 1:40}} | ||
==c. 85–43 BC: Publilius Syrus== | |||
{{Quote|Woman is man's superior in cunning.|''Sententiae'' (The Moral Sayings of Pubilius Syrus)<ref>https://archive.org/stream/moralsayingspub00lymagoog/moralsayingspub00lymagoog_djvu.txt</ref>}} | |||
{{Quote|A woman's solitary thoughts are her worst ones. ''ibid''}} | |||
{{Quote|Woman becomes good, when she is openly wicked. ''ibid''}} | |||
{{Quote|Woman loves or hates : she knows no middle course. ''ibid''}} | |||
{{Quote|It is easy for women to shed tears without salt. ''ibid''}} | |||
{{Quote|You may despair of quiet; if you manage the affairs of women. ''ibid''}} | |||
==43 BC–18 AD: Ovid== | ==43 BC–18 AD: Ovid== | ||
{{Quote|"A chaste woman is one who has not been propositioned."}} | {{Quote|"A chaste woman is one who has not been propositioned."}} | ||