The pleasure of talking is the inextinguishable passion of woman.

Le plaisir de parler est une des plus vives passions des femmes.

Alain René Lesage 

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Topic

Women Talking too much

Author

Alain René Lesage 

Source

Gil Blas

Medium

Novel

Genre

Picaresque

Language

French

Time

1724 1720s 18th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

France Europe

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Citation

Lesage, Alain-Rene. L'Histoire de Gil Blas de Santillane [History of Gil Blas de Santillane]. Paris: Pierre Ribou, 1724, bk. 7, ch. 7.

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The body of
B. Franklin,
Printer;
Like the cover of an old Book,
Its Contents torn out,
And stript of its lettering and gilding,
Lies here, food for worms.
But the work shall not be wholly lost:
For it will, as he believ’d, appear once more,
In a new & more perfect edition,
Corrected and amended
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Topic
Afterlife

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Benjamin Franklin
Source
Epitaph for Himself
Medium
Epitaph
Statement Type
Epitaph Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
English
Time
1728 1720s 18th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Franklin, Benjamin. Epitaph for himself. 1728.

Current Citation

Franklin, Benjamin. "Epitaph." Benjamin Franklin: Silence Dogood, The Busy-Body and Early Writings, edited by J. A. Leo Lemay. Library of America, 2005.

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Woman's at best a contradiction still.

Alexander Pope

Letters of Alexander Pope

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Nature of women Women

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Alexander Pope
Source
Letters of Alexander Pope
Medium
Letter
Language
English
Time
1735 1730s 18th century
Era
Age of Enlightenment
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Pope, Alexander. Letter to M. Blount. 1735, I. 270.

Current Citation

Pope, Alexander. "An Epistle to a Lady." Alexander Pope: The Major Works, edited by Pat Rogers. Oxford University Press, 2009.

Another quote originally in French

To be misunderstood even by those whom one loves is the cross and bitterness of life. It is the secret of that sad and melancholy smile on the lips of great men which so few understand; it is the cruelest trial reserved for self-devotion; it is what must have oftenest wrung the heart of the Son of man; and if God could suffer, it would be the wound we should be forever inflicting upon Him. He also-He above all-is the great misunderstood, the least comprehended.

Henri-Frederic Amiel

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Alienation

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Henri-Frederic Amiel
Source
Journals of Henri Frederic Amiel
Medium
Personal journal
Language
French
Time
1849 1840s 19th century
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Citation

Amiel, Henri-Frederic. Journal entry. 27 May 1849.