" It requires the feminine temperament to repeat the same thing three times with unabated zest. "
W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence (1919). copy citation
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"I had said all I had to say on the subject that had brought me to Paris, and though I felt it in a manner treacherous to Mrs. Strickland not to pursue it, I could not struggle against his indifference. It requires the feminine temperament to repeat the same thing three times with unabated zest. I solaced myself by thinking that it would be useful for me to find out what I could about Strickland's state of mind. It also interested me much more. But this was not an easy thing to do, for Strickland was not a fluent talker." source
"To be slow in words is a woman's only virtue." William Shakespeare, The Two Gentlemen of Verona
"Beautiful women never have time. They are always so occupied in being jealous of other people's husbands." Oscar Wilde, A Woman of No Importance
"women can always put things in fewest words.—Except when it's blowing up; and then they lengthens it out." Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist
"When a woman loves you she's not satisfied until she possesses your soul. Because she's weak, she has a rage for domination, and nothing less will satisfy her." W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence
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"It requires the feminine temperament to repeat the same thing three times with unabated zest." W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence (1919).