“The Public is an old woman. Let her maunder and mumble.”
Journal (1835).
1830s
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Scottish philosopher, satirical writer, essayist, historian… 1795–1881Related quotes

“A forty-year-old woman is only something to men who have loved her in her youth!”
Une femme de quarante ans n'est plus quelque chose que pour les hommes qui l'ont aimée dans sa jeunesse!
Source: La Chartreuse de Parme (The Charterhouse of Parma) (1839), Ch. 23

“Don't say the old lady screamed. Bring her on and let her scream.”

As quoted in The Quotable Woman (1978) by Elaine Partnow, p. 399
“When Woman comes at me
do I let her take the bridle,
or turn away the head?”
Control: A translation (1974)