Woman Thou Art

Famous quotes containing the words thou art, woman, thou and/or art:

    Sweet Benjamin, since thou art young,
    And hast not yet the use of tongue,
    Make it thy slave, while thou art free;
    Imprison it, lest it do thee.
    John Hoskyns (1566–1638)

    It is better for a woman to compete impersonally in society, as men do, than to compete for dominance in her own home with her husband, compete with her neighbors for empty status, and so smother her son that he cannot compete at all.
    Betty Friedan (b. 1921)

    For thou perhaps at thy return
    May’st find thy Darling in an urn.
    Thomas Carew (1589–1639)

    My art and profession is to live.
    Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592)