Stepmothers Quotes by Alasdair MacIntyre

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• Jane was my wicked stepmother: she was generous, affectionate and resourceful; she salvaged my schooling and I owe her an unknowable debt… — Martin Amis
• The new-come stepmother hates the children born to a first wife. — Euripides
• O neglectful Nature, wherefore art thou thus partial, becoming to some of thy children a tender and benignant mother, to others a… — Leonardo da Vinci
• My son has two loving parents and an extended family, whether it's cousins or stepmothers or boyfriends. My son is surrounded by… — Bridget Moynahan
• Nature is the mother and the habitat of man, even if sometimes a stepmother and an unfriendly home. — John Dewey
• My mother, father, stepmother and surrogate mother have all died of cancer; my best friend has got terminal cancer and at least… — Arabella Weir
• Better a serpent than a stepmother! — Euripides
• To be sure a stepmother to a girl is a different thing to a second wife to a man! — Elizabeth Gaskell
• It is through hearing stories about wicked stepmothers, lost children, good but misguided kings, wolves that suckle twin boys, youngest sons who… — Alasdair MacIntyre
• Strong and rare natures are thus created; misery, almost always a stepmother, is sometimes a mother; privation gives birth to power of… — Victor Hugo
• A day is sometimes our mother, sometimes our stepmother. — Hesiod
• Things we are accustomed to regard as myth or fairy story are very much present in people's lives. Nice people behave like… — Diana Wynne Jones

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