“When God makes a beautiful woman, the devil opens a new register. ”
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Ambrose Bierce204
American editorialist, journalist, short story writer, fabu… 1842–1914Related quotes
“God became a man, granted. The devil became a woman.”
Victor Hugo (1802–1885) French poet, novelist, and dramatist
Dieu s'est fait homme; soit. Le diable s'est fait femme! <br class="br">Ruy Blas (1838), Act II, Scene V http://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Ruy_Blas#ACTE_2_SCENE_5
Walther von der Vogelweide (1170–1230) Middle High German lyric poet
Liebe machet schoene wîp:
desn mac diu schoene niht getuon, sin machet niemer lieben lîp.
"Herzeliebez vrowelîn", line 17; translation from Frederick Goldin German and Italian Lyrics of the Middle Ages (New York: Anchor, 1973) p. 121.
“Beware when making a woman cry. God is counting her tears.”
Paulo Coelho book Adultery
Source: Adultery
Camille Paglia (1947) American writer
Source: Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson (1990), p. 11
“Nothing makes a woman more beautiful than the belief that she is beautiful.”
Sophia Loren (1934) Italian actress
As quoted in The Subtlety of Emotions (2001) by Aaron Ben-Ze'ev, p. 204.