It is by woman that a woman will be first suspected; and it is by a woman
she will be last forgiven. The last thing a woman will ask you for is:
your esteem. And yet

Cast a slur upon a woman's character and you are considered indiscreet.
Cast a slur upon a woman's personal appearance, and you are considered
culpable.

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Fashion is a woman's sole law. And

The surest evidence of strong-mindedness in woman is to fly in the fact
of fashion.

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Ridicule is woman's keenest weapon; it is the poisoned arrow in her
quiver. Well is it for the men that she never, or so rarely, has
recourse to it.

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A woman is quick to discern the quality of the admiration bestowed upon
her.

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No one, not even herself, knows what a woman will do next.--Doubtless