Une femme d'esprit est un diable en intrigue.
L'École des Femmes (1662), Act III, sc. iii
Une femme d'esprit est un diable en intrigue.
“A witty woman is a treasure; a witty beauty is a power.”
Ch. 1 http://books.google.com/books?id=pDlxjZ-z-woC&q=%22A+witty+woman+is+a+treasure+a+witty+beauty+is+a+power%22&pg=PA2#v=onepage.
Source: Diana of the Crossways http://www.gutenberg.org/files/4470/4470.txt (1885)
“… when was a woman ever witty without being bitter?”
Heath's book of Beauty, 1833 (1832)
Source: Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson (1990), p. 11
“God became a man, granted. The devil became a woman.”
Dieu s'est fait homme; soit. Le diable s'est fait femme!
Ruy Blas (1838), Act II, Scene V http://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Ruy_Blas#ACTE_2_SCENE_5
“Woman to Devil) I want to refinance my soul. (Devil) You’re going to take a bath on points. (p.78”
Sylvia cartoon strip
“A woman being never at a loss… the devil always sticks by them.”
Source: Lord Byron: Selected Letters and Journals,
Original: (it) La bellezza di una donna ti attrae, la sua intelligenza ti affascina, la simpatia ti incuriosisce, ma la difficoltà ad averla ti seduce.
Source: prevale.net
“When God makes a beautiful woman, the devil opens a new register. ”
