Coretta Scott King
Civil Rights Activist
"Behind every good man, there's a good woman reminding you I knew you when you didn't have nothing."
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Good Woman
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Audrey Hepburn
Actress, Humanitarian
"Cheating on a good woman is like choosing trash over treasure."
Jules Verne
Novelist, Playwright
"He believed in it, as certain good women believe in the leviathan-by faith, not by reason."
Charles Bukowski
Poet, Novelist
"Don't wait for the good woman. She doesn't exist."
Calvin Coolidge
Politician
"What men owe to the love and help of good women can never be told."
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"Most good women are hidden treasures who are only safe because nobody looks for them."
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"The path of a good woman is indeed strewn with flowers; but they rise behind her steps, not before them."
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"I'm a good woman for a bad man."
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"I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women."
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"Of all blessings, no gift equals the gentle, trusting love and companionship of a good woman."
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"A yet women -good women- frightened me because they eventually wanted your soul, and what was left of mine, I wanted to keep. Basically I craved prostitutes, base women, because they were deadly and hard and made no personal demands. Nothing was lost when they left. Yet at the same time I yearned for a gentle, good woman, despite the overwhelming price."
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"And yet women-good women--frightened me because they eventually wanted your soul, and what was left of mine, I wanted to keep."
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"Marry a good woman, and be happy the rest of your life. Or, marry a bad, and become a good philosopher"
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"A good woman is a hidden treasure; who discovers her will do well not to boast about it."
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"Good women are rare too, none of them have come close"
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"I am a good woman. I know it."
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"A woman may be as wicked as she likes, but if she isn't pretty it won't do her much good."
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"What is civilization? I answer, the power of good women."
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"A man looks pretty small at a wedding, George. All those good women standing shoulder to shoulder, making sure that the knot's tied in a mighty public way."
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"Behind every good woman lies a trail of men."
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"There are few good women who do not tire of their role."
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"They say fortune is a woman and capricious. But sometimes she is a good woman, and gives to those who merit."
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"Polite Conversation Why, everyone one as they like; as the good woman said when she kissed her cow."
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