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I think women are foolish to pretend they are equal to men, they are far superior and always have been.


William Golding

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ANDRE MAUROIS I would gladly admit women are superior to men if only they would stop trying to be the same as us.
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VIN DIESEL Women are to be championed and revered, not objectified.
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CARLY FIORINA Women are hilarious.
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WILLIAM CONGREVE Say what you will, 'tis better to be left than never to have been loved.
WILLIAM CONGREVE A multitude of causes unknown to former times are now acting with a combined force to blunt the disc...
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH The world is too much with us; late and soon, getting and spending, we lay waste our powers: Little ...
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH Pictures deface walls more often than they decorate them.
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH