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{{Quote|"Women are more inclined to be miserly than men. This is in keeping with the nature of woman, for the women have to be more sparing since they are spending money which they do not earn themselves."}} | {{Quote|"Women are more inclined to be miserly than men. This is in keeping with the nature of woman, for the women have to be more sparing since they are spending money which they do not earn themselves."}} | ||
{{Quote|"Woman has a superior feeling for the beautiful, so far as it pertains to herself".}} | {{Quote|"Woman has a superior feeling for the beautiful, so far as it pertains to herself".}} | ||
==1652-1685: Thomas Otway== | |||
{{Quote|"Be a true woman, rail, protest my wrongs. Resolve to hate him, and yet love him still ..."|''The Orphan''}} | |||
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"Woman the fountain of all humane frailty ! What mighty ills have not been done by woman! Who was 't betray'd the Capitol? A woman. | |||
Who lost Mark Anthony the world ? A woman. | |||
Who was the cause of a long ten years war, | |||
And laid at last Old-Troy in ashes ? Woman. | |||
Destructive, damnable, deceitful, woman..."|''ibid''}} | |||
{{Quote|""Who trusts his heart with woman 's surely lost: You were made fair on purpose to undo us. Whilst greedily we snatch th' alluring bait, | |||
And ne're distrust the poyson that it hides ...|''ibid''}} | |||
==1744: Man Superior to Woman by 'A Gentleman'== | ==1744: Man Superior to Woman by 'A Gentleman'== | ||