Just as the female ant after coition loses her wings, which then become superfluous, nay, dangerous for breeding purposes, so for the most part does a woman lose her beauty after giving birth to one or two children; and probably for the same reasons.
— Arthur Schopenhauer Modern

Pessimist philosophy

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Essay 'On Women'

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1851

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Controversial

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