"A man's face is his autobiography. A..." - Quote by Oscar Wilde
A man's face is his autobiography. A woman's face is her work of fiction.
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“The dim roar of London was like the bourdon note of a distant organ”
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“Nature, which makes nothing durable, always repeats itself so that nothing which it makes may be lost.”
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“The happiness of man is: I will. The happiness of woman is: he wills. 'Behold , just now the world ... entire love. And woman must obey and find a depth for her surface. Surface is the disposition of woman: a mobile, stormy film over shallow water. Man's disposition, however, is deep; his river roars in subterranean caves: woman feels his strength but does not comprehend it.”
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“When women love us, they forgive us everything, even our crimes; when they do not love us, they give us credit for nothing, not even our virtues.”
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“Women have so many levels. There's the physical level, which is a lot of fun. There's this emotional level, which is extremely mercurial.”