A woman cannot do the thing she ought, which means whatever perfect thing she can, in life, in art, in science, but she fears to let the perfect action take her part and rest there: she must prove what she can do before she does it, -- prate of woman's rights, of woman's mission, woman's function, till the men (who are prating, too, on their side) cry, "A woman's function plainly is... to talk." Poor souls, they are very reasonably vexed!

Famous Quotes / Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning: "A woman cannot do the thing she ought, which means whatever perfect thing she can, in life, in art, in science, but she fears to let the perfect action take her part and rest there: she must prove what she can do before she does it, -- prate of woman's rights, of woman's mission, woman's function, till the men (who are prating, too, on their side) cry, "A woman's function plainly is... to talk." Poor souls, they are very reasonably vexed!"

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Action	Fears	Function	Life
Means	Mission	Must	Ought
Part	Perfect	Plainly	Poor
Prate	Prating	Prove	Reasonably
Rest	Rights	Science	Side
Souls	Take	Talk	Thing
Till	Very	Vexed	Whatever
Woman	Womans

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A woman cannot do the thing she ought, which means whatever perfect thing she can, in life, in art, in science, but she fears to let the perfect action take her part and rest there: she must prove what she can do before she does it, -- prate of woman's rights, of woman's mission, woman's function, till the men (who are prating, too, on their side) cry, "A woman's function plainly is... to talk." Poor souls, they are very reasonably vexed! - Elizabeth Barrett Browning