Comments on: Proverbs About Women https://nosweatshakespeare.com <strong><a href="/">Modern Shakespeare</a></strong> resources, <strong><a href="/sonnets/">sonnet translations</a></strong> & lots more! Sat, 10 Feb 2024 04:13:55 +0000 hourly 1 By: Molly Lollis https://nosweatshakespeare.com/quotes/literature/proverbs-about-women/comment-page-1/#comment-3007642 Sat, 10 Feb 2024 04:13:55 +0000 https://nosweatshakespeare.com/?page_id=1025248#comment-3007642 this is a great list, thank you for posting it. some of these replies are disappointing, the old thinking is traditional, i appreciate finding this

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By: Mtshali SG https://nosweatshakespeare.com/quotes/literature/proverbs-about-women/comment-page-1/#comment-2999049 Sat, 10 Jun 2023 05:37:50 +0000 https://nosweatshakespeare.com/?page_id=1025248#comment-2999049 More provebs

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By: imi https://nosweatshakespeare.com/quotes/literature/proverbs-about-women/comment-page-1/#comment-2997907 Fri, 21 Apr 2023 21:16:24 +0000 https://nosweatshakespeare.com/?page_id=1025248#comment-2997907 Never trust a woman’s dream = A woman’s dream is always wrong. (Iran)

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By: Claire https://nosweatshakespeare.com/quotes/literature/proverbs-about-women/comment-page-1/#comment-2988659 Mon, 15 Aug 2022 12:18:06 +0000 https://nosweatshakespeare.com/?page_id=1025248#comment-2988659 What a dull bundle of twigs you’ve scraped together here. The title of this list needs reworking… something like: ‘sexist twaddle insecure types from around the world have muttered under their breath at some point’ ought to just about cover it. Your choice of the word ‘inspiring’ is perplexing…

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By: anon fem https://nosweatshakespeare.com/quotes/literature/proverbs-about-women/comment-page-1/#comment-2988266 Tue, 05 Jul 2022 16:10:50 +0000 https://nosweatshakespeare.com/?page_id=1025248#comment-2988266 The collection you have selected is insanely sexist and clearly coined by old world men who saw their women as property or cattle. Women did not have as much agency to coin proverbs then, or you surely would have read some like ‘ Only she who tames a Snake would know how to keep her man faithful’ You could surely use a collection of better proverbs that show women in a better light!

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By: Jon Allen https://nosweatshakespeare.com/quotes/literature/proverbs-about-women/comment-page-1/#comment-2963835 Fri, 07 Jan 2022 18:22:33 +0000 https://nosweatshakespeare.com/?page_id=1025248#comment-2963835 The tongue of woman is her sword, which never rusts. – Japanes Proverb

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By: Ahimbisibwe Innocent https://nosweatshakespeare.com/quotes/literature/proverbs-about-women/comment-page-1/#comment-2947913 Mon, 15 Jun 2020 15:36:06 +0000 https://nosweatshakespeare.com/?page_id=1025248#comment-2947913 Women and trouble are close relatives

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