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Womanly Quotes

It is fatal to be a man or woman pure and simple: one must be a woman manly, or a man womanly.

It is fatal to be a man or woman pure and simple: one must be a woman manly, or a man womanly.

Virginia Woolf, Morag Shiach (1998). “A Room of One's Own: And, Three Guineas”, p.136

Liberals have managed to eliminate the idea of manly honor. Instead, all they have is womanly indignation.

Ann Coulter (2007). “If Democrats Had Any Brains, They'd Be Republicans”, p.157, Crown Forum

Women are called womanly only when they regard themselves as existing solely for the use of men.

George Bernard Shaw (2015). “The Collected Plays of George Bernard Shaw (Illustrated): Including Renowned Titles like Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, The Inca Of Perusalem, Macbeth Skit, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion”, p.1710, e-artnow

Shall there be womanly times? Or shall we die?

1983 Refrain from Or Shall We Die, an oratorio.

Sing lullabie, as women do,Wherewith they bring their babes to rest;And lullabie can I sing to,As womanly as can the best.

George Gascoigne, John W. Cunliffe (2012). “The Complete Works of George Gascoigne: Volume 1, The Posies”, p.44, Cambridge University Press