“The ladies of our country should be able to realise from this description the good fortune of their birth, and the extent of their freedom when compared with the position of ladies like them in other lands.”
Jahangir’s India
Source: quoted in K.S. Lal, The Mughal Harem (1988), 12
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“Ladies there is no neutral position for us to assume.”
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“The gentlemen like it when a lady smells sweet.”
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“Good manners without sincerity are like a beautiful dead lady.”
Yukteswar Giri (1855–1936) Indian yogi and guru
Autobiography of a Yogi (1946)
