Quote#Death
Women have tongues of craft, and hearts of guile
Quote byEdward Fairfax · 1580–1635
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Tasso's Jerusalem Delivered (1600), Book XIX, stanza 84.
English (original)
Women have tongues of craft, and hearts of guile, They will, they will not, fools that on them trust, For in their speech is death, hell in their smile.
— Edward Fairfax
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