"Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little."
— Samuel Johnson

January 1, 1970

Quote Details

Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Added on April 10, 2026
Unverified quote
0 likes
Essayists from EnglandPoets from EnglandPlaywrights from EnglandLexicographersLinguists from England
Original Language: English

Sources

Letter from Johnson to John Taylor, 18 August 1763. The Yale Book of Quotations edited by Fred R. Shapiro, p. 400.