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Simone de Beauvoir: One's life has...

Simone de Beauvoir: One's life has...

One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation...

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Molly Haskell: There are very...

Molly Haskell: There are very...

There are very few heroines in literature who have defined their lives morally rather than romantically and likewise...

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Susan B Anthony: Many abolitionists have...

Susan B Anthony: Many abolitionists have...

Many abolitionists have yet to learn the ABC of woman's rights.

Source: Journal,...

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Susan B Anthony: I can't say...

Susan B Anthony: I can't say...

I can't say that the college-bred woman is the most contented woman. The broader her mind the more she understands the...

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Mae West: A man in...

Mae West: A man in...

A man in the house is worth two in the street.

Source: Belle of the Nineties, film...

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Emily Dickinson: Parting is all...

Emily Dickinson: Parting is all...

Parting is all we know of heaven,
And all we need of hell.


Source: poem no....

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Emily Dickinson: If I can...

Emily Dickinson: If I can...

If I can stop one Heart from breaking,
I shall not live in vain
If I can ease one Life the Aching
Or cool one...

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Emily Dickinson: To see the...

Emily Dickinson: To see the...

To see the Summer Sky
Is Poetry, though never in a Book it lie --
True Poems flee --


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Emily Dickinson: Prayer is the...

Emily Dickinson: Prayer is the...

Prayer is the little implement
Through which men reach
Where presence - is denied...

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Emily Dickinson: Some keep the...

Emily Dickinson: Some keep the...

Some keep the Sabbath going to Church --
I keep it, staying at Home --
With a Bobolink for a Chorister --
And...

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Emily Dickinson: Not knowing when...

Emily Dickinson: Not knowing when...

Not knowing when the dawn will come
I open every door.


Source: In Pearls of...

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George Eliot: The desire to...

George Eliot: The desire to...

The desire to conquer is itself a sort of subjection.

Source: Daniel Deronda, bk....

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George Eliot: One way of...

George Eliot: One way of...

One way of getting an idea of our fellow-countrymen's miseries is to go and look at their...

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George Eliot: Of a truth,...

George Eliot: Of a truth,...

Of a truth, Knowledge is power, but it is a power reined by scruple, having a conscience of what must be and what may...

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George Eliot: It is easy...

George Eliot: It is easy...

It is easy finding reasons why other folks should be patient.

Source: In Webster's...

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George Eliot: A mother's yearning...

George Eliot: A mother's yearning...

A mother's yearning feels the presence of the cherished child even in the degraded man.

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George Eliot: Blessed is the...

George Eliot: Blessed is the...

Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another.

Source: In...

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George Eliot: There is nothing...

George Eliot: There is nothing...

There is nothing that will kill a man so soon as having nobody to find fault with but...

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George Eliot: Human beliefs, like...

George Eliot: Human beliefs, like...

Human beliefs, like all other natural growths, elude the barrier of systems.

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George Eliot: If we use...

George Eliot: If we use...

If we use common words on a great occasion, they are the more striking, because they are felt at once to have a...

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