therefore, as I said before, in most places they will not endure to have the truth spoken without raising a tremendous outcry. Women are accustomed to creep into dark places, and when dragged out into the light they will exert their utmost powers of resistance. There is but one thing in the world worse than a shameless woman, and that's another woman. Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae, line 236-238 Woman is adept at getting money for herself and will not easily let herself be deceived she understands deceit too well herself.
She calmly goes her way where even panthers would be shamed. Men: There is no beast, no rush of fire, like woman so untamed. Aristophanes, Lysistrata, Jack Lindsay translation, 1926
A hell it is to live with you to live without, a hell" " Men: O botheration take you all! How you (women) cajole and flatter. If you get a bad one, you will be a philosopher." 446–386 BC: Aristophanes If you get a good wife, you will be happy. Acharanga Sutra, Book I 470–399 BC: Socrates
O man! They (the slaves of women) say-"woman is the source of pleasure." This concept is the cause of grief and is instrumental in his (man's) passage through fondness, death, hell and rebirth as animals (reincarnation)." "The world is overpowered by women (it has become their slave). Ibid Circa 5th century BC: Acharanga Sutra Woman is the chain by which man is attached to the chariot of folly. When we bear in mind both the superficial and inward characteristics of a woman, we must declare that the one who should possess them can be dear only to the beasts of the field.Ī woman talks to one man, looks at a second, and thinks of a third. But when we neglect the surface we find that the internal characteristics corresponding to these are hardness of heart, shifty eyes, a deceitful face, insecurity and cunning. 5th century BC: Bhartṛhari Ī firm bosom sparkling eyes a small mouth are characteristics of a woman which are always praised. If you are friendly with them, they get out of hand, and if you keep your distance, they resent it." fl. "Women and people of low birth are very hard to deal with. By using stillness, she becomes lower-than (inferior)."ĥ51–479 BC: Confucius "The female always uses stillness to conquer the male. "And another thing will I tell thee, and do thou lay it to heart: in secret and not openly do thou bring thy ship to the shore of thy dear native land for no longer is there faith in women."įl. The Odyssey with an English Translation by A.T. "So true is it that there is nothing more dread or more shameless than a woman who puts into her heart such deeds " There is a good principle which created order, light, and man, and an evil principle which created chaos, darkness, and woman. Isaiah 4:1 570–510 BC: Pythagoras of Samos In that day seven women will take hold of one man and say, “We will eat our own food and provide our own clothes only let us be called by your name. My people, your guides lead you astray they turn you from the path. Youths oppress my people, women rule over them. Her feet go down to death her steps lead straight to the grave.įor a prostitute can be had for a loaf of bread, but another man’s wife preys on your very life.īetter to live in a desert than with a quarrelsome and nagging wife. While I was still searching but not finding-I found one upright man among a thousand, but not one upright woman among them all.įor the lips of the adulterous woman drip honey,and her speech is smoother than oil but in the end she is bitter as gall,sharp as a double-edged sword.
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