“ The greatest common measure of a man and a woman is not necessarily greater than the man's single measure. ”
George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman (1903). copy citation
| Author | George Bernard Shaw |
|---|---|
| Source | Man and Superman |
| Topic | women |
| Date | 1903 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/3328/3328-h/3328-h.htm |
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“HECTOR. Am I to gather from that cacchination that you don't agree with me, Mr Tanner?
TANNER. [drily] Get married and try. You may find it delightful for a while: you certainly won't find it ennobling. The greatest common measure of a man and a woman is not necessarily greater than the man's single measure.
HECTOR. Well, we think in America that a woman's moral number is higher than a man's, and that the purer nature of a woman lifts a man right out of himself, and makes him better than he was.
OCTAVIUS.”
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