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Does a rake deserve to possess anything of worth, since he chases everything in skirts and then imagines he can successfully hide his shame by…

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If it were customary to send daughters to school like sons, and if they were then taught the natural sciences, they would…
Those who plead their cause in the absence of an opponent can invent to their heart's content, can pontificate without taking into…
Ah, child and youth, if you knew the bliss which resides in the taste of knowledge, and the evil and ugliness that…
Does a rake deserve to possess anything of worth, since he chases everything in skirts and then imagines he can successfully hide…
Just as women's bodies are softer than men's, so their understanding is sharper.
Not all men (and especially the wisest) share the opinion that it is bad for women to be educated. But it is…
How many women are there ... who because of their husbands' harshness spend their weary lives in the bond of marriage in…
If you would reflect well and wisely, you would realize that those events you regard as personal misfortunes have served a useful…
If it were customary to send little girls to school and teach them the same subjects as are taught to boys, they…
Women particularly should concern themselves with peace because men by nature are more foolhardy and headstrong, and their overwhelming desire to avenge…
There Adam slept, and God formed the body of woman from one of his ribs, signifying that she should stand at his…
Once a man criticized my desire for knowledge by saying that it was not fitting for a woman to possess learning because…

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Does a rake deserve to possess anything of worth, since he chases everything in skirts and then imagines he can successfully hide… — Christine de Pizan
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Toward seven o'clock every morning, I leave my study and step Out on the bright terrace; the sun already burns resplendent Between… — Hermann Hesse
Just what part does the State play in production to warrant its rake-off? The State does not give; it merely takes. — Frank Chodorov
If a conservative order is indeed to return, we ought to know the tradition which is attached to it, so that we… — Russell Kirk
Inconvenience yourself: ditch the remote, the garage door opener, the leaf-blower; buy a bike, broom, rake, and snow shovel. — Dan Buettner

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