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- The most mediocre of males feels himself a demigod as compared with women.
- Marriage is traditionally the destiny offered to women by society. Most women are married or have been, or plan to be or suffer from not…
- It must be said in addition that the men with the most scrupulous respect for embryonic life are also those who are most zealous when…
- To give space when what one most yearns for is closeness, that is both the great test and great tragedy of love.
- Old age is better for women than for men. First of all, they have less far to fall, since their lives are more mediocre than…
- The past is not a peaceful landscape lying there behind me, a country in which I can stroll wherever I please, and will gradually show…
- As long as there have been men and they have lived, they have all felt this tragic ambiguity of their condition, but as long as…
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- The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. — Hannah Arendt
- The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution. — Hannah Arendt
- No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our history has… — Hannah Arendt
- The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes. — Aristotle
- Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion. — Aristotle
- The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons. — Aristotle
- Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved. — Aristotle
- For as the eyes of bats are to the blaze of day, so is the reason in our soul to the things… — Aristotle
- Most people would rather give than get affection. — Aristotle
- What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition to virtue… — Aristotle
- My mother is the coolest, most amazing person I know. — J. J. Abrams
- The most deeply personal of my works are the non-fiction works, the autobiographical works, because there, I'm talking about myself very directly. — Paul Auster