1,129 Quotes About Feet








  • Author Jung Chang
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    But her greatest assets were her bound feet, called in Chinese "three-inch golden lilies" (san-tsun-gin-lian). This meant she walked "like a tender young willow shoot in a spring breeze," as Chinese connoisseurs of women traditionally put it. The sight of a woman teetering on bound feet was supposed to have an erotic effect on men, partly because her vulnerability induced a feeling of protectiveness in the onlooker.

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  • Author Mehmet Murat ildan
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    If you have feet, walk! If you have wings, fly! Whatever you have, use them! Don’t let them to rust!

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