Famous Quotes

"Nothing can be more absurd than the practice that prevails in our country of men and women not following the same pursuits with all their strengths and with one mind, for thus, the state instead of being whole is reduced to half."

Plato on Women

More quotes about Women

• "A woman is like a tea bag - you can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water."

  Eleanor Roosevelt on Women

• "I don't know who invented high heels, but all women owe him a lot."

  Marilyn Monroe on Women

• "Ah, women. They make the highs higher and the lows more frequent."

  Friedrich Nietzsche on Women

• "The age of a woman doesn't mean a thing. The best tunes are played on the oldest fiddles."

  Ralph Waldo Emerson on Women

• "As usual, there is a great woman behind every idiot."

  John Lennon on Women

More quotes by Plato

• "He who is of calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age, but to him who is of an opposite disposition youth and age are equally a burden."

• "Wisdom alone is the science of other sciences."

• "There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot."

• "The beginning is the most important part of the work."

• "Rhetoric is the art of ruling the minds of men."