“A witty woman is a devil at intrigue.”
Molière (1622–1673) French playwright and actor
Une femme d'esprit est un diable en intrigue.
L'École des Femmes (1662), Act III, sc. iii
“The Devil is a woman.”
Source: Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson (1990), p. 11
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