A story once went the rounds of Israel to the effect that Ben-Gurion described me as 'the only man' in his cabinet. What amused me about is that he (or whoever invented the story) thought that this was the greatest compliment that could be paid to a woman. I very much doubt that any man would have been flattered if I had said about him that he was the only woman in the government!

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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "A story once went the rounds of Israel to the effect that Ben-Gurion described me as 'the only man' in his cabinet. What amused me about is that he (or whoever invented the story) thought that this was the greatest compliment that could be paid to a woman. I very much doubt that any man would have been flattered if I had said about him that he was the only woman in the government!" in the context of "Yadid, Judd (2015-05-03), Israel’s Iron Lady unfiltered: 17 Golda Meir quotes on her 117th birthday, language: English, publisher: Haaretz" to mean that wisdom is timeless.