
“In her first passion, a woman loves her lover, in all the others all she loves is love.”
Original: (it) La donna è una divinità. Prima di tutto: la sua felicità.
Source: prevale.net
“In her first passion, a woman loves her lover, in all the others all she loves is love.”
Fourth Interlude http://www.gutenberg.org/files/30630/30630-h/30630-h.htm#Page_93
A Guide to Men (1922)
As quoted in The Quotable Woman (1978) by Elaine Partnow, p. 399
“T is woman that seduces all mankind;
By her we first were taught the wheedling arts.”
Act I, scene i
The Beggar's Opera (1728)
“Bride, n. A woman with a fine prospect of happiness behind her.”
The Devil's Dictionary (1911)
Source: The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary
“A woman's exterior beauty is a reflection of her internal peace and happiness.”
www.beautyblabber.com (July 31, 2007)
2007, 2008
“A man can be happy with any woman as long as he does not love her.”
Variant: A man can be happy with any woman, as long as he does not love her.
Source: The Picture of Dorian Gray
“Woman is not made to be the admiration of all, but the happiness of one.”
“Oh, all
Know love is woman's happiness.”
The Improvisatrice (1824)