Famous Quotes

"Silence is an ornament for women."

Sophocles 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 Sophocles

• "A man growing old becomes a child again."

• "No lie ever reaches old age."

• "You should not consider a man's age but his acts."

• "Old age and the passage of time teach all things."

• "Not even old age knows how to love death."