“The King's daughter didn't talk to me any more about military matters at the time, because she was afraid of being discovered alone with me early in the morning. The reason was not that immodesty is a crime in that country. On the contrary, any man — except for convicted felons — can ask what he wants of any woman, and any woman can bring suit against a man who refuses her. But the King's daughter didn't dare come to see me publicly because she said the priests had preached at the last sacrifice that women were mainly the ones who were saying I was a man. The priests claimed that women were disguising their execrable desire to mingle with animals and shamelessly commit sins against nature with me. That was why I went a long time without seeing her or any other female.”

— Cyrano de Bergerac

The Other World (1657)

Adopted from Wikiquote. Last update June 3, 2021. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "The King's daughter didn't talk to me any more about military matters at the time, because she was afraid of being disc…" by Cyrano de Bergerac?

Cyrano de Bergerac 57

French novelist, dramatist, scientist and duelist 1619–1655

Related quotes

“I know there was so much talk in school about my daddy and people were afraid to talk to me. They thought I was stuck up. They didn't know me, had never talked to me, but just because I was Martin Luther King's daughter, I had to be stuck up and I wouldn't be able to talk to them.”

Yolanda King (1955–2007) American actress

As quoted in interview in Jet magazine April 6, 1972 issue.
1970s

“I am an Agnostic because I am not afraid to think. I am not afraid of any god in the universe who would send me or any other man or woman to hell. If there were such a being, he would not be a god; he would be a devil.”

Clarence Darrow (1857–1938) American lawyer and leading member of the American Civil Liberties Union

As quoted in a eulogy for Darrow by Emanuel Haldeman-Julius (1938)

“It's a feeling which tells me that any woman can be beautiful in the eyes of a man who loves her.”

Joanne Harris book Five Quarters of the Orange

Source: Five Quarters of the Orange

“Don't ever ask me again if I hate living anywhere with you and Jasmina. This Rock reminds me of the boy I was and being with you in the palace reminds me of the man I want to be.'

'Not just any man,' she whispered. 'A King. Mine.”

Melina Marchetta (1965) Australian teen writer

Source: Froi of the Exiles

“When the woman took the earbud, he didn't ask another question. She was a woman on a mission as she placed the tiny device in her ear and said, "This is Special Agent Abby Cameron. Let me talk to Macey McHenry.”

Ally Carter (1974) American writer

Source: Double Crossed: A Spies and Thieves Story

“Any woman can talk herself into being in love with any man, for a while anyway.”

Mignon McLaughlin (1913–1983) American journalist

The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981), Women & men

“My gran had always told me that a woman--any woman worth her salt--could do whatever she had to.”

Charlaine Harris book Dead to the World

Source: Dead to the World

“A woman is not to marry a man merely because she is asked, or because he is attached to her, and can write a tolerable letter.”

Jane Austen book Emma

Source: Emma

“An archaeologist is the best husband any woman can have; the older she gets, the more interested he is in her.”

Agatha Christie (1890–1976) English mystery and detective writer

Christie denied having made this remark, which had been attributed to her by her second husband Sir Max Mallowan in a news report (9 March 1954); according to Nigel Dennis, "Genteel Queen of Crime: Agatha Christie Puts Her Zest for Life Into Murder", Life, Volume 40, N° 20, 14 May 1956 http://books.google.com/books?id=p0wEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA102, she was quoting "a witty wife"; Quote Investigator reports on "An Archaeologist Is the Best Husband a Woman Can Have" as of uncertain origin. http://quoteinvestigator.com/2016/07/12/husband/
Disputed
Variant: An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets the more interested he is in her.

“And I dream in the morning that she brings me water
And I dream in the evening that she brings me wine
Just a poor man's daughter from Puerta Piñasco
South of the border, in old Mexico.”

Hoyt Axton (1938–1999) American country singer

"Evangelina" on Fearless (1976) · Stage performance by Axton http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O53wg24FAT0

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Cyrano de Bergerac 57

Related quotes

Related topics