Quote#Beauty
Man pays deference to woman instinctively, involuntarily, not because…
Quote byMary Abigail Dodge · 1833–1896
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Woman's Worth and Worthlessness (1872), Ch. IX: "Servile Occupations", p. 171..
English (original)
Man pays deference to woman instinctively, involuntarily, not because she is beautiful, or truthful, or wise, or foolish, or proper, but because she is woman, and he can not help it. If she descends, he will lower to her level; if she rises, he will rise to her height.
— Mary Abigail Dodge
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