Woman and the Wits
Woman
and
Her Wits
Epigrams on Woman,
Love, and Beauty
Collected and Edited by
G. F. MONKSHOOD
New YorkBoston
H. M. CALDWELL CO.
Dedicated
TO
R. R.
WITH HOMAGE.
G. F. M.
London, 1899.
PREFACE
Until some fortunate being—wit, student, andman of the world (he will have to be allthree)—can, in a cunningly chosen library,write the history of the Epigram, and thebirth and growth of epigrammatic thought,we shall always be in doubt as to what anepigram is, and most people will be in doubtas to where the best epigrams are. The worditself is as difficult to define as its own essences—wit,humour, style, etc. We recognisethe epigram when uttered or printed just asswiftly as we recognise beauty in a woman,yet rarely can we describe either. The sheerstudy that awaits the historian of the Epigramhas, doubtless, been a great deterrent; hewould have to consider epigrams from theBible and the apocryphal writings downwards!In “Woman and the Wits” I havebrought together some of the wisest, wittiest,and tenderest epigrams, proverbs, axioms,adages or short, pithy sentences—call themwhat you will—relating to the woman andwomen, and also to the passions, affections,sentiments, and emotions generally.
My thanks are due principally to Mr.Morton and Mr. Du Bois for many excellentepigrams and for hints as to arrangement.
G. F. MONKSHOOD.
London, 1899.
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Woman and the Wits
Second thoughts are best. God created man;woman was the after-thought.
Proverb.
I have been ready to believe that we haveseen a new revelation, and the name of itsMessiah is woman.
Holmes.
The whisper of a beautiful woman can beheard further than the loudest call of duty.
Anonymous.
The man who enters his wife’s dressing-roomis either a philosopher or a fool.
Balzac.
Be circumspect in your liaisons with women.It is better to be seen at the opera with thisman than to be seen at mass with that woman.
Mme. de Maintenon.
[Pg 2]Two women placed together make cold weather.
Shakespeare.
I have seen many instances of women runningto waste and self-neglect, and disappearing graduallyfrom the earth, almost as if they had beenexhaled to heaven.
Washington Irving.
Physical love is an ephemeral spark designedto kindle in human hearts the flame of a morelasting love. It is the outer court of the temple.
Sabatier.
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