“In her first passion, a woman loves her lover, in all the others all she loves is love.”
George Gordon Byron (1788–1824) English poet and a leading figure in the Romantic movement
Original: (it) La donna è una divinità. Prima di tutto: la sua felicità.
Source: prevale.net
“In her first passion, a woman loves her lover, in all the others all she loves is love.”
George Gordon Byron (1788–1824) English poet and a leading figure in the Romantic movement
Helen Rowland (1875–1950) American journalist
Fourth Interlude http://www.gutenberg.org/files/30630/30630-h/30630-h.htm#Page_93 <br class="br">A Guide to Men (1922)
Beverly Sills (1929–2007) opera soprano
As quoted in The Quotable Woman (1978) by Elaine Partnow, p. 399
“T is woman that seduces all mankind;
By her we first were taught the wheedling arts.”
John Gay (1685–1732) English poet and playwright
Act I, scene i
The Beggar's Opera (1728)
“Bride, n. A woman with a fine prospect of happiness behind her.”
Ambrose Bierce (1842–1914) American editorialist, journalist, short story writer, fabulist, and satirist
The Devil's Dictionary (1911)
Source: The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary
“A woman's exterior beauty is a reflection of her internal peace and happiness.”
Gloria Estefan (1957) Cuban-American singer-songwriter, actress and divorciada
www.beautyblabber.com (July 31, 2007)
2007, 2008
“A man can be happy with any woman as long as he does not love her.”
Oscar Wilde book The Picture of Dorian Gray
Variant: A man can be happy with any woman, as long as he does not love her.
Source: The Picture of Dorian Gray
“Woman is not made to be the admiration of all, but the happiness of one.”
Edmund Burke (1729–1797) Anglo-Irish statesman
“Oh, all
Know love is woman's happiness.”
Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802–1838) English poet and novelist
The Improvisatrice (1824)