The surest guide to the correctness of the path that women take is joy in the struggle. Revolution is the festival of the oppressed.
—Germaine Greer, 1970
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One of the saddest things is that the only thing that a man can do for eight hours a day, day after day, is work. You can’t eat eight hours a day, nor drink for eight hours a day, nor make love for eight hours.
—William Faulkner, 1958Liberty and democracy are eternal enemies.
—H.L. Mencken, 1925The mind of man is capable of anything.
—Guy de Maupassant, 1884We must consider that we shall be a city upon a hill. The eyes of all people are upon us, so that if we deal falsely with our God in this work we have undertaken, and so cause Him to withdraw His present help from us, we shall be made a story and a byword through the world.
—John Winthrop, 1630There are some who, if a cat accidentally comes into the room, though they neither see it nor are told of it, will presently be in a sweat and ready to die away.
—Increase Mather, 1684Thanks be to God: since my leaving drinking of wine, I do find myself much better and do mind my business better, and do spend less money, and less time lost in idle company.
—Samuel Pepys, 1662Anything one is remembering is a repetition, but existing as a human being that is being, listening, and hearing is never repetition.
—Gertrude Stein, 1935As peace is of all goodness, so war is an emblem, a hieroglyphic, of all misery.
—John Donne, 1622Strength of mind is exercise, not rest.
—Alexander Pope, 1733Keep running after a dog, and he will never bite you.
—François Rabelais, 1535Most new discoveries are suddenly-seen things that were always there.
—Susanne K. Langer, 1942How can we bear misfortune most easily? If we see our enemies faring worse.
—Thales of Miletus, c. 585 BC