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Samuel Johnson

Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.

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Samuel Johnson suggests that because women naturally possess significant influence or abilities, society’s laws have intentionally limited their formal authority. This implies a belief that legal restrictions balance or control the power women inherently hold.

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