Quotes by Abba Goold Woolson

Abba Goold Woolson

American writer

Lived from: 0 - 1921

Category: Writers (Contemporary)

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  • A majority of women seem to consider themselves sent into the world for the sole purpose of displaying dry goods, and it is only when acting the part of an animated milliner's block that they feel they are performing their appropriate mission.
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  • American ladies are known abroad for two distinguishing traits (besides, possibly, their beauty and self-reliance), and these are their ill-health and their extravagant devotion to dress.
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  • One must always regret that law of growth which renders necessary that kittens should spoil into demure cats, and bright, joyous school-girls develop into the spiritless, crystallized beings denominated young ladies.
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  • The requirements of health, and the style of female attire which custom enjoins, are in direct antagonism to each other.
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  • Women have in their natures something akin to owls and fireflies. While men grow stupid and sleepy towards evening, they become brighter and more open-eyed, and show a propensity to flit and sparkle under the light of chandeliers.
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  • Women overrate the influence of fine dress and the latest fashions upon gentlemen; and certain it is that the very expensiveness of such attire frightens the beholder from all ideas of matrimony.
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What are the most famous quotes from Abba Goold Woolson?

The two most famous quotes from Abba Goold Woolson are:

  • "A majority of women seem to consider themselves sent into the world for the sole purpose of displaying dry goods, and it is only when acting the part of an animated milliner's block that they feel they are performing their appropriate mission."
  • "American ladies are known abroad for two distinguishing traits (besides, possibly, their beauty and self-reliance), and these are their ill-health and their extravagant devotion to dress."

When did Abba Goold Woolson live?

Abba Goold Woolson was born in 0 and died in the year 1921.