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Good Woman Quotes

What is better than wisdom? Woman. And what is better than a good woman? Nothing.

Geoffrey Chaucer, Thomas Tyrwhitt (1830). “The Canterbury Tales of Chaucer: With an Essay on His Language and Versification, an Introductory Discourse, Notes, and a Glossary by Tho. Tyrwhitt”, p.94

He believed in it, as certain good women believe in the leviathan-by faith, not by reason.

Jules Verne, Jules VERNE (2016). “Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea / Vingt mille lieues sous les mers (Bilingual Edition: English - French / Édition bilingue: anglais - français)”, p.12, Jules Verne

A good woman's arms round a man's neck is a lifebelt thrown out to him from heaven.

Jerome K. Jerome “The Selected Work of Jerome K. Jerome”, Library of Alexandria

Don't wait for the good woman. She doesn't exist.

"Charles Bukowski: Locked in the Arms of a Crazy Life". Book by Howard Sounes, 1998.

Most good women are hidden treasures who are only safe because nobody looks for them.

Dorothy Parker (2004). “Dorothy Parker in Her Own Words”, Taylor Trade Publishing

The path of a good woman is indeed strewn with flowers; but they rise behind her steps, not before them.

John Ruskin (2006). “Sesame and Lillies: Three Lectures”, p.138, Cosimo, Inc.

How sweetly sounds the voice of a good woman! It is so seldom heard that, when it speaks,it ravishes all senses.

Philip Massinger, John Ferriar (1813). “The city madam. The guardian. A very woman. The bashful lover. The old law”, p.541

I'm a good woman for a bad man.

Mae West (1967). “The wit and wisdom of Mae West”