Arthur Schopenhauer — "Just as the female ant after coition loses her wings, which then become superflu…"

Just as the female ant after coition loses her wings, which then become superfluous, nay, dangerous for breeding purposes, so for the most part does a woman lose her beauty after giving birth to one or two children; and probably for the same reasons.
Arthur Schopenhauer — Arthur Schopenhauer Modern · Pessimist philosophy

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Essay 'On Women'

Date: 1851

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