Old maids who have never yielded in their habits of life or in their characters to other lives and other characters, as the fate of woman exacts, have, as a general thing, a mania for making others give way to them.
• Honoré de Balzac, Le Curé de Tours, ch. 1 (tr. K. P. Wormeley, 1892)
• Honoré de Balzac, Le Curé de Tours, ch. 1 (tr. K. P. Wormeley, 1892)
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Les vieilles filles n'ayant pas fait plier leur caractère et leur vie à une autre vie ni à d'autres caractères, comme l'exige la destinée de la femme, ont, pour la plupart, la manie de vouloir tout faire plier autour d'elles.
— Women
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Les vieilles filles n'ayant pas fait plier leur caractère et leur vie à une autre vie ni à d'autres caractères, comme l'exige la destinée de la femme, ont, pour la plupart, la manie de vouloir tout faire plier autour d'elles." in the context of "Old maids who have never yielded in their habits of life or in their characters to other lives and other characters, as the fate of woman exacts, have, as a general thing, a mania for making others give way to them.
• Honoré de Balzac, Le Curé de Tours, ch. 1 (tr. K. P. Wormeley, 1892)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Women" (B)
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About Women
Women are adult human females. Before adulthood, a female child or adolescent is referred to as a girl.
About Women
Women are adult human females. Before adulthood, a female child or adolescent is referred to as a girl.
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