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 \nPatterns throughout:shutterstock.com  \n# INTRoDUCTION\n\nSharp of tongue and sharp of wit-here is a fascinatingselection of the best of women's quotations throughouthistory,collected from as early as 700 Bc right up to thetwenty-first century.There is something here to appealto everyone,whether it is witty comments on politicsand public figures,wicked remarks about friends andfamily,or wise words on life and love.  \nFor those accustomed to standard dictionaries ofquotations-where there are at least ten quotationsfrom men to every one from a woman-it might comeas a surprise that there are so many well-establishedand published women writers.How many people haveheard of Hypatia,for example,the fourth-century Greekphilosopher,writer,astronomer and mathematician?Orthe tenth-century Japanese writers Sei Shonagon andMurasaki Shikibu?  \nAnd if you think,well,this was a long time ago,thinkagain.Few today will have come across the actress andplaywright Susannah Centlivre (c.1669-1723),whowrote nineteen plays and was admired by AlexanderPope.The eighteenth century spawned a great numberof now rarely read women writers such as MargueriteBlessington,who wrote novels and a book about Byronand travelled extensively;Hannah Cowley,who wrote  \nplays;and Hannah More,a member of the Blue StockingCircle and a most energetic playwright.  \nThe truth is that history is littered with prolificand praiseworthy women who have been cast into theshadows by‘worthier'men.  \nAndwhat dowomen havetosayabout that?Asforyoumen,you may,if you please,live and be slaves,'scornedBoudica.'Even his ignorance is of a sounder quality,pronounced George Eliot of men in general.\"Why don'tyou write books people can read?'complained JamesJoyce's wife,Nora,and Mrs Gladstone was certainly notafraid to tell her husband,the Prime Minister,that hecould be pretty boring at times.  \nOf course,some women have stood up to men,history and time:Elizabeth I,Jane Austen,GeorgeEliot,George Sand,Helen Keller,Dorothy Parker,CocoChanel and Gertrude Stein,to name just a few.Whateverwalk of life they hailed from,readers will delight in thepithy pronouncements of those included here,fromthe forthright Sarah Josepha Hale(1788-1879),whois credited with 'Mary Had a Little Lamb'and thecreation of Thanksgiving as a US national holiday,tothe splendidly acerbic Helen Rowland (1875-1950),tothe precocious but sadly short-lived Marjory Fleming(1803-1811)who succumbed to measles.  \nThe last word should always lie with a woman:  \n‘We hold these truths to be self-evident,that all men ","cbCaio5Au6tH3Hqa","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaio5Au6tH3Hqa","pdf",4137231,184,"English","# INTRODUCTION","[{\"question\":\"What is the focus of the book in its introduction?\",\"answer\":\"The introduction presents a curated selection of women’s quotations spanning many centuries, emphasizing wit, wisdom, and memorable remarks on varied aspects of life.\"},{\"question\":\"From what time period does the collection reach back?\",\"answer\":\"It includes quotations from as early as 700 BC and extends up to the twenty-first century.\"},{\"question\":\"Why does the introduction mention standard quotation dictionaries?\",\"answer\":\"It explains that many traditional dictionaries contain far more quotations from men than from women, making it notable that so many established women writers are included here.\"}]","SHE SAID - Witty Words from Wise Women - Compiled by Dominique Enright | PDF",1791878875,283]