Man's drive for self-expression, which over the centuries has built his monuments, does not stay within its bounds; the creations which yesterday… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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You know, women always could endure more than men. Not only physically, but mentally - did you ever get a peek at… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
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women used to be elected only when their husbands died and they became widows. The men found this was too hard on… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
And it took me, since I was 17 and left home, running from God, to now, as a 30-year-old man, when I… — Scott Stapp Copy Share Image
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The beginnings of moral enterprises in this world are never to be measured by any apparent growth. ... At length comes the… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
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I believe the calculation of the quantity of probability might be improved to a very useful and pleasant speculation, and applied to… — John Arbuthnot Copy Share Image
As I said just now, the world has gone past me. I don't blame it; but I no longer understand it. Tradesmen… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
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