"England is a paradise for women and hell for horses; Italy a paradise for horses, hell for women, as the diverb goes."

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“To these crocodile tears they will add sobs, fiery sighs, and sorrowful countenance.”

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“Seneca thinks the gods are well pleased when they see great men contending with adversity.”

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"You have no right to be jealous of a woman who wants to be more of a woman by watching a man dressed up as a woman."

— Peter Greenaway

Art1942

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"...a professor in one of the great female colleges. That odious form is common, and I submit and use it, though it offends me as much as it would to say female brickbat or female snow-storm or female …"

— Mark Twain

Literature1835–1910

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"242 Nairs are being sent as prisoners. Categorise them according to their social and family status. After honouring them with Islam, sufficient dress materials may be given to the men and their women."

— Tipu Sultan

Music1973

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"A remedy is needed to meet the evil now existing in most of the southern states, but especially in that one which I have the honor to represent in part, the State of South Carolina. The enormity of th…"

— Joseph Hayne Rainey

Politics1832–1887

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