Puritan Women

Famous quotes containing the words puritan and/or women:

“The Puritan sours his pleasures by disguising them as duties.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)

“You have sensible women here [in England] but then, they are very devils—censorious, uncharitable, sarcastic—the women in Scotland have twice—thrice their freedom, with all their virtue—and are very conversable and agreeable—their educations are more finished.”
—Frances Burney (1752–1840)