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For everybody knows that it requires very little to satisfy the gentlemen, if a woman will only give her mind to it
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"For everybody knows that it requires very little to satisfy the gentlemen, if a woman will only give her mind to it"

- Margaret Oliphant

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This quote by Margaret Oliphant suggests that it is fairly easy for a woman to please a man, if she puts her mind to it. This indicates that men are not particularly hard to please, which a woman can make a man happy with fairly little effort. It might likewise be analyzed as an idea that women ought to not undervalue their own capability to make a male pleased, and that they should not hesitate to put in the effort to do so. This quote might likewise be viewed as a tip that men and women ought to both make an effort to make each other delighted, which it does not take much to do so. Eventually, this quote is a suggestion that it does not take much to make someone happy, and that it deserves the effort to do so.

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Scotland Flag This quote is written / told by Margaret Oliphant between April 4, 1828 and June 25, 1897. He/she was a famous Novelist from Scotland. The author also have 6 other quotes.

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