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> [Men give us most rarely that which we really want, not favor, but - Justice. Nothing is easier than to coax them to pet us like children, nothing more difficult than to persuade them to treat us like responsible human…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-power-cobbe/men-give-us-most-rarely-that-which-we-really-want-not-favor-but/)

[Frances Power Cobbe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-power-cobbe/)

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## More by Frances Power Cobbe

> [Love naturally reverses the idea of obedience, and causes the struggle between any two who truly love each other to be, not who shall…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-power-cobbe/love-naturally-reverses-the-idea-of-obedience-and-causes-the-struggle/)

[Frances Power Cobbe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-power-cobbe/)

> [I have often thought how strange it is that men can at once and the same moment cheerfully consign our sex to lives either…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-power-cobbe/i-have-often-thought-how-strange-it-is-that-men-can-at-once-and-the/)

[Frances Power Cobbe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-power-cobbe/)

> [Morality may exist in an atheist without any religion, and in a theist with a religion quite unspiritual.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-power-cobbe/morality-may-exist-in-an-atheist-without-any-religion-and-in-a-theist/)

[Frances Power Cobbe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-power-cobbe/)

> [The time comes to every dog when it ceases to care for people merely for biscuits or bones, or even for caresses, and walks…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-power-cobbe/the-time-comes-to-every-dog-when-it-ceases-to-care-for-people-merely/)

[Frances Power Cobbe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-power-cobbe/)

> [Men give us most rarely that which we really want, not favor, but - Justice. Nothing is easier than to coax them to pet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-power-cobbe/men-give-us-most-rarely-that-which-we-really-want-not-favor-but/)

[Frances Power Cobbe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-power-cobbe/)

> [It is a woman, and only a woman, — a woman all by herself, if she likes, and without any man to help her,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-power-cobbe/it-is-a-woman-and-only-a-woman-a-woman-all-by-herself-if-she-likes/)

[Frances Power Cobbe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-power-cobbe/)

> [If a woman be herself pure and noble-hearted, she will come into every circle as a person does into a heated room, who carries…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-power-cobbe/if-a-woman-be-herself-pure-and-noble-hearted-she-will-come-into-every/)

[Frances Power Cobbe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-power-cobbe/)

> [I think it is worse to be poor in mind than in purse, to be stunted and belittled in soul, made a coward, made…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-power-cobbe/i-think-it-is-worse-to-be-poor-in-mind-than-in-purse-to-be-stunted/)

[Frances Power Cobbe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-power-cobbe/)

> [Our sex bears the disgrace not only of a great deal of genuine poltroonery, but also of much which is mere affectation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-power-cobbe/our-sex-bears-the-disgrace-not-only-of-a-great-deal-of-genuine/)

[Frances Power Cobbe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-power-cobbe/)

> [Ours is the old, old story of every uprising race or class or order. The work of elevation must be wrought by ourselves or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-power-cobbe/ours-is-the-old-old-story-of-every-uprising-race-or-class-or-order/)

[Frances Power Cobbe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-power-cobbe/)

> [Science is but a mere heap of facts, not a golden chain of truths, if we refuse to link it to the throne of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-power-cobbe/science-is-but-a-mere-heap-of-facts-not-a-golden-chain-of-truths-if/)

[Frances Power Cobbe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-power-cobbe/)

> [It is in the faculty of noble, disinterested, unselfish love that lies the true gift and power of womanhood,--a power which makes us, not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-power-cobbe/it-is-in-the-faculty-of-noble-disinterested-unselfish-love-that-lies/)

[Frances Power Cobbe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-power-cobbe/)

> [ \[Women's\] duty is nothing else than the fulfilment \[sic\] of the whole moral law, the attainment of every human virtue. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-power-cobbe/women-s-duty-is-nothing-else-than-the-fulfilment-sic-of-the-whole/)

[Frances Power Cobbe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-power-cobbe/)

> [The nest may be constructed, so far as the sticks go, by the male bird; but only the hen can line it with moss…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-power-cobbe/the-nest-may-be-constructed-so-far-as-the-sticks-go-by-the-male-bird/)

[Frances Power Cobbe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-power-cobbe/)

> [This specter of the female politician, who abandons her family to neglect for the sake of passing bills in parliament, is just as complete…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-power-cobbe/this-specter-of-the-female-politician-who-abandons-her-family-to/)

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