“Women are a decorative sex. They never have anything to say, but they say it charmingly.”
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet
“My dear boy, no woman is a genius. Women are a decorative sex. They never have anything to say, but they say it charmingly. Women represent the triumph of matter over mind, just as men represent the triumph of mind over morals.”
Source: The Picture of Dorian Gray
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