An idea from Letters to His Son

One man told his son in 1748 that women are “children of a larger growth”, to be flattered and never consulted. That was an opinion of his time, and nothing measured it. The same man pointed his son to older women for lessons in manners.

From Letters to His Son by Lord Chesterfield

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