Wilkie Collins quote about men from The Woman in White - Any woman who is sure of her own wits is a match at any time for a man who is not sure of his own temper.
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Any woman who is sure of her own wits is a match at any time for a man who is not sure of his own temper.
 Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White (1859). copy citation

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Author Wilkie Collins
Source The Woman in White
Topic men women self-confidence
Date 1859
Language English
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“I could only assure myself that the way was clear, and then leave the house with the two letters safe in my pocket.
On my way to the village I prepared myself for the possibility of meeting Sir Percival. As long as I had him to deal with alone I felt certain of not losing my presence of mind. Any woman who is sure of her own wits is a match at any time for a man who is not sure of his own temper. I had no such fear of Sir Percival as I had of the Count. Instead of fluttering, it had composed me, to hear of the errand on which he had gone out. While the tracing of Anne Catherick was the great anxiety that occupied him, Laura and I might hope for some cessation of any active persecution at his hands.” source

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