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"The happiest women, like the happiest nations, have no history."

George Eliot. From "The Mill on the Floss," book six chapter three. An unusual sentiment from one who many women consider a feminist.

"There is a tide in the affairs of women, which, taken at the flood, leads - God knows where."

George Gordon, Lord Byron. From "Don Juan," verse six, line 12. Contrast with Shakespeare's "Julius Ceasar" act 3 line 217.

"Women represent the triumph of matter over mind, just as men represent the triumph of mind over morals."

Oscar Wilde. From "The Picture of Dorian Gray," chapter one line four.

"A perfect woman, nobly planned, to warn, to comfort, and command."

William Wordsworth. From "She Was a Phantom of Delight." Sounds almost masochistic.

"O Woman! In our hours of ease/ Uncertain, coy, and hard to please."

Sir Walter Scott. From "Marmion," he does, however, go on to say, "When pain and anguish wring the brow/ A minstering angel, thou."

"For the female of the species is more deadly than the male."

Rudyard Kipling. "When hunter meets with husband, each confirms the others tale." From the excellent "The Female of the Species."

"It is a woman's business to get married as soon as possible, and a man's to keep unmarried as long as he can."

George Bernard Shaw. From "Man and Superman" act II. A fairly ascerbic play.

"A lady's imagination is very rapid. It jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment."

Jane Austen. From "Pride and Prejudice," said by Mr Darcy.

"Who can find a virtuous woman? For her price is far above rubies."

"The Bible - Proverbs". "Proverbs" 31:10, but compare with "Proverbs" 12:4, "A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband."

"Stay far hence, far hence, forbidding women!"

Ovid. From "Amores": "Procul hinc, procul este, severae," if you prefer the Latin.