Jules Michelet Quotes

Thirty years ago, there was definitely a huge difference between men and women, and the man wanting to feel like the protector, and not scare the wife.

A woman dictates before marriage in order that she may have an appetite for submission afterwards.

We all know that it is women who take the decisions, but we have to let men think that the decisions are theirs. It is an act of kindness on the part of women.

I think a woman can have all of the ideas and mental pictures. She can be a real planner and a motivator. But in the end, I think a woman does best when she responds to a man.

Society says that men need to be bigger and stronger, and they must protect their women and so on.

For centuries, the question of men needing to comprehend women simply didn't arise. Men were valued according to how they measured up to the manly virtues.

It seems to me that a mutually beneficial relationship between a man and woman requires the man to be dominant. A sensible woman will allow the man to think he is the most important partner.

It's hard for women who make a lot of money and make decisions all day long, then they have to come home and be 'Stupid Sally.' Men need respect, and they need to know that they can lead in the relationship, so even if they don't make the most money they need to be able to call the shots.

Men are of no importance. What counts is who commands.

Through the ages, from the beginning of time, I'm certain man has covered woman's face with masks. They are, however, his masks, not hers.

Man was created to frame the woman.

I love it when a man knows his place - right, ladies?

Woman is the crown of all creation, but Man is the head who wears it, and even the servant is master in his house.

Men control the world, but women control the men.

How foolish it would be if women did not obey men. The world would be all confusion!

It was the duty of wives to submit to husbands, not of husbands to submit to wives. . . men have stronger muscles than women.

No matter how prosperous a man was, if he was unable to rule his women and his children (and especially his women) he was not really a man.

In general, women desire to rule over their husbands and lovers, to be the authority above them.

Women never really command until they have given their promise to obey; and they are never in more danger of being made slaves than when the men are at their feet.

You cannot be a true man until you learn to obey.

They obeyed, as wise men do when a woman puts her foot down . . .

To be completely woman you need a master, and in him a compass for your life. You need a man you can look up to and respect. If you dethrone him it's no wonder that you are discontented, and discontented women are not loved for long.

There is a cliche that men want their women to be ladies in public and hookers behind closed doors. I want my woman to be the sharper image robot so that she can be turned off.

Man proposes, woman forecloses.

French women will always look up at a man, even if he is four inches shorter than she is.