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Francoise d'Aubigne de Maintenon: Delicacy is to...

Francoise d'Aubigne de Maintenon: Delicacy is to...

Delicacy is to love what grace is to beauty.

Source: In An Uncommon Scold, by Abby...

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Mary Lyon: There is nothing...

Mary Lyon: There is nothing...

There is nothing in the universe that I fear, but that I shall not know all my duty, or shall fail to do...

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Ann Plato: To remove ignorance...

Ann Plato: To remove ignorance...

To remove ignorance is an important branch of benevolence.

Source: In The Black...

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Charlotte Forten Grimke: May those whose...

Charlotte Forten Grimke: May those whose...

May those whose holy task it is,/To guide impulsive youth,
Fail not to cherish in their souls
A reverence for...

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Anna Julia Cooper: I constantly felt...

Anna Julia Cooper: I constantly felt...

I constantly felt (as I suppose many an ambitious girl has felt) a thumping from within unanswered by any beckoning...

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Mary Jean LeTendre: America's future walks...

Mary Jean LeTendre: America's future walks...

America's future walks through the doors of our schools each day.

Source: In...

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Maria Montessori: The first idea...

Maria Montessori: The first idea...

The first idea that the child must acquire, in order to be actively disciplined, is that of the difference between...

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Marjorie Rosen: Women's films [in...

Marjorie Rosen: Women's films [in...

Women's films [in the fiftiesl became howto's on catching and keeping a man. Veneer. Appearance. Sex Appeal. Hollywood...

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Mary Church Terrell: Lifting as they...

Mary Church Terrell: Lifting as they...

Lifting as they climb, onward and upward they go struggling and striving and hoping that the buds and blossoms of...

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Althea Gibson: In the field...

Althea Gibson: In the field...

In the field of sports you are more or less accepted for what you do rather than what you...

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Martina Navratilova: The image of...

Martina Navratilova: The image of...

The image of women is changing now. You don't have to be pretty for people to come and see you play. At the same...

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Martina Navratilova: Disability is a...

Martina Navratilova: Disability is a...

Disability is a matter of perception. If you can do just one thing well, you're needed by...

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Amelia Earhart: There are two...

Amelia Earhart: There are two...

There are two kinds of stones, as everyone knows, one of which rolls.

Source: 20...

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Charleszetta Waddles: God knows no...

Charleszetta Waddles: God knows no...

God knows no distance.

Source: Mother Waddles: Black Angel of the Poor, by Lee...

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Phyllis McGinley: Nothing fails like...

Phyllis McGinley: Nothing fails like...

Nothing fails like success; nothing is so defeated as yesterday's triumphant Cause.

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Mary Pettibone Poole: Alcohol is a...

Mary Pettibone Poole: Alcohol is a...

Alcohol is a good preservative for everything but brains.

Source: A Glass Eye at a...

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Laura Ingalls Wilder: Once you begin...

Laura Ingalls Wilder: Once you begin...

Once you begin being naughty, it is easier to go and on and on, and sooner or later something dreadful...

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Rebecca West: The main difference...

Rebecca West: The main difference...

The main difference between men and women is that men are lunatics and women are idiots.

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Marie Curie: I am one...

Marie Curie: I am one...

I am one of those who think like Nobel, that humanity will draw more good than evil from new...

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Bonnie Blair: The sport I...

Bonnie Blair: The sport I...

The sport I love has taken me around the world and shown me many things.

Source: In...

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