“When women hold off from marrying men, we call it independence. When men hold off from marrying women, we call it fear of commitment.”
“I suppose that we women are such cowards that we think a man will save us from fears, and we marry him.”
“Because we are the only women who are mothers of men." Gorgo: when asked by a woman from Attica why Spartan women were the only women in the world who could rule men.”
“Stand true to your calling to be a man. Real women will always be relieved and grateful when men are willing to be men”
“When a woman marries again, it is because she detested her first husband. When a man marries again, it is because he adored his first wife. Women try their luck; men risk theirs.”
“Never marry at all, Dorian. Men marry because they are tired, women, because they are curious: both are disappointed.”