“There are words which a man cannot resist from a woman, even though he knows them to be false.”
Anthony Trollope (1815–1882) English novelist (1815-1882)
Is He Popenjoy? (1878), Ch. 18
“Women can resist a man's love, a man's fame, a man's personal appearance, and a man's money, but they cannot resist a man's tongue when he knows how to talk to them.”
— Wilkie Collins, book The Woman in White
Source: The Woman in White
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