David Hume — "A woman may behave herself with good manners, and have even some vivacity in her…"

A woman may behave herself with good manners, and have even some vivacity in her turn of wit; but where her mind is so unfurnished, 'tis impossible her conversation can afford any entertainment to men of sense and reflection.
David Hume — David Hume Early Modern · Empiricism, skepticism

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Of Impudence and Modesty, from Essays, Moral, Political, and Literary

Date: 1741-42

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