Deceit is the game of petty spirits, and that is by nature a woman's quality.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast.
I will say that the idea of a woman being deceptive came from that original discussion with critics and reporters about if woman could do that kind of thing. Evelyn, herself, grew out of the discussions about how capable women are of deceit and lying and manipulation.
Whoever has trusted a woman has trusted deceivers.
One of the reasons, surely, why women have been credited with less perfect veracity than men is that the burden of conventional falsehood falls chiefly on them.
Men are so simple and so much inclined to obey immediate needs that a deceiver will never lack victims for his deceptions.
Women are repeatedly accused of taking things personally. I cannot see any other honest way of taking them.
Integrity is the lifeblood of democracy. Deceit is a poison in its veins.
In the different voice of women lies the truth of an ethic of care, the tie between relationship and responsibility, and the origins of aggression in the failure of connection.
A complete woman is probably not a very admirable creature. She is manipulative, uses other people to get her own way, and works within whatever system she is in.
As to the deceit perpetrated upon women, let it pass, for, when love is in the way, men and women as a general rule dupe each other.