
I know this will make some of you jealous especially the male readers. I’ve been lucky enough to acquire a wonderful little booklet published in 2000 filled with hundreds of quotes and other tidbits of wit and wisdom by some of our most famous women. I try to keep things interesting on this blog by gathering information from all sides of the human equation. Here are a few samples from the distaff side of things.
- “In nine cases out of ten, the woman had better show more affection than she feels.” Jane Austen 1813
- “Love ceases to be a pleasure, when it ceases to be a secret.” Aphra Behn 1687
- “Science may have found a cure for most evils, but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all – the apathy of human beings.” Helen Keller 1927
- “If all men are born free, how is it that all women are born slaves?” Mary Astell 1706
- “To be a king and wear a crown is more glorious to them that see it than it is a pleasure to them that bear it.” Queen Elizabeth I 1923

- “If I didn’t start painting, I would have raised chickens.” Grandma Moses 1947
- “Always be smarter than the people who hire you.” Lena Horne 1985
- “The person who publishes a book willfully appears before the populace with his pants down.” Edna St. Vincent Millay 1986
- “Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit’em, but remember it’s a sin to kill a mocking bird.” Harper Lee 1960
- “Truth is such a rare thing, it is delightful to tell it.” Emily Dickinson 1870
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Here is one of my favorite quotes from a successful and feisty long-running actress.

“If you rest, you rust.” Helen Hayes 1990
