To be womanly is one thing, and one only; it is to be sensitive to ma… — Jane Harrison

To be womanly is one thing, and one only; it is to be sensitive to man, to be highly endowed with the sex instinct; to be manly is to be sensitive to woman.

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In the duel of sex woman fights from a dreadnought and man from an open raft. — H. L. Mencken
Friends are generally of the same sex, for when men and women agree, it is only in the conclusions; their reasons are always different. — George Santayana
In the sex war, thoughtlessness is the weapon of the male, vindictiveness of the female. — Cyril Connolly
Marriage, for a woman at least, hampers the two things that made life to me glorious - friendship and learning. — Jane Harrison
To be meek, patient, tactful, modest, honorable, brave, is not to be either manly or womanly; it is to be humane. — Jane Harrison
A young and vital child knows no limit to his own will, and it is the only reality to him. It is not that he wants at the outset to fight other wills, but that they simply do not exist for him. Like the artist, he goes forth to the work of creation, gloriously alone. — Jane Harrison