The female is also more shameless and false and more given to lying, and more deceptive and more reticent and more difficult to rouse to action.
Philosopher, logic, natural science
History of Animals, Book IX, Chapter 1
c. 350 BCE
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"For the man is more divine in his nature than the woman."
Controversial"The female is also more given to affection and more loving, and more apt to be fond."
Controversial"For the female is more compassionate than the male, and more easily moved to tears, and more jealous, and more querulous, and more apt to scold and to strike."
Controversial"The female is also more given to fear and more timid, and more apt to be cowardly."
Controversial"I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies, for the hardest victory is over self."
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