Quotation from: Jane Eyre

Written by: Charlotte Bronte


"Oh, I am so sick of the young men of the present day!" exclaimed
she, rattling away at the instrument. "Poor, puny things, not fit
to stir a step beyond papa's park gates: nor to go even so far
without mama's permission and guardianship! Creatures so absorbed
in care about their pretty faces, and their white hands, and
their small feet; as if a man had anything to do with beauty! As
if loveliness were not the special prerogative of woman -- her
legitimate appanage and heritage! I grant an ugly WOMAN is a blot
on the fair face of creation; but as to the GENTLEMEN, let them be
solicitous to possess only strength and valour: let their motto
be:- Hunt, shoot, and fight: the rest is not worth a fillip. Such
should be my device, were I a man."

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