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O Guarani 19.31 · 19.31

What women do

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As mulheres têm isso de particular; reconhecendo-se fracas, a sua maior ambição é reinar pelo imã dessa mesma fraqueza, sobretudo o que é forte, grande e superior a elas: não amam a inteligência, a coragem, o gênio, o poder, senão para vencê-los e subjugá-los.

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Women have this peculiarity: knowing themselves weak, their greatest ambition is to reign by the magnet of that very weakness, above all over what is strong, great and superior to them: they do not love intelligence, courage, genius, power, except to conquer and subjugate them.

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