Fanny Burney Quotes
I Have The Honour To Be Quite Of Your Lordship's Opinion," Said Mr. Lovel, Looking Maliciously At Mrs. Selwyn, "for I Have An Insuperable Aversion To Strength, Either Of Body Or Mind, In A Female."
"Faith, And So Have I," Said Mr. Coverley; "for Egad I'd As Soon See A Woman Chop Wood, As Hear Her Chop Logic."
"So Would Every Man In His Senses," Said Lord Merton; "for A Woman Wants Nothing To Recommend Her But Beauty And Good Nature; In Every Thing Else She Is Either Impertinent Or Unnatural. For My Part, Deuce Take Me If Ever I Wish To Hear A Word Of Sense From A Woman As Long As I Live!"
"It Has Always Been Agreed," Said Mrs. Selwyn, Looking Round Her With The Utmost Contempt, "that No Man Ought To Be Connected With A Woman Whose Understanding Is Superior To His Own. Now I Very Much Fear, That To Accommodate All This Good Company, According To Such A Rule, Would Be Utterly Impracticable, Unless We Should Chuse Subjects From Swift's Hospital Of Idiots.
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