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Ben Jonson on Women

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β€œOne woman reads another's character Without the tedious trouble of deciphering.”
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β€œA woman, the more curious she is about her face, is commonly the more careless about her house.”
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β€œAnd where she went, the flowers took thickest root, As she had sow'd them with her odorous foot.”
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β€œA skein of silk without a knot! A fair march made without a halt! A curious form without a fault! A printed book without a blot! All beauty!β€”and without a spot.”
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β€œFollow a shadow, it still flies you; Seem to fly it, it will pursue: So court a mistress, she denies you; Let her alone, she will court you. Say, are not women truly then Styled but the shadows of us men.”
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