Famous quote by John Updike

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"Truth should not be forced; it should simply manifest itself, like a woman who has in her privacy reflected and coolly decided to bestow herself upon a certain man"

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This quote is written / told by John Updike between March 18, 1932 and January 27, 2009. He/she was a famous Novelist from USA. The author also have 45 other quotes.

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"The oaths of a woman I inscribe on water"

Sophocles, Author

"A woman uses her intelligence to find reasons to support her intuition"

"A man who will not lie to a woman has very little consideration for her feelings"

"There is a good principle which created order, light, and man, and an evil principle which created chaos, darkness, and woman"

"A woman should be home with the children, building that home and making sure there's a secure family atmosphere"

Mel Gibson, Actor

"Stupid as a man, say the women: cowardly as a woman, say the men. Stupidity in a woman is unwomanly"

"No worse fate can befall a young man or woman than becoming prematurely entrenched in prudence and negation"

"For the woman, the man is a means: the end is always the child"

"I think trying too hard to be sexy is the worst thing in the world a woman can do"

"Give me a woman who loves beer and I will conquer the world"