• There are many examples of women that have excelled in learning, and even in war, but this is no reason we should bring em all up to Latin and Greek or else military discipline, instead of needle-work and housewifery.

  Bernard Mandeville
  British writer and artist 1670-1733
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. needle-work
2. housewifery
3. learning
4. military
5. instead
6. bring

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There are many examples of women that have excelled in learning, and even in war, but this is no reason we should bring em all up to Latin and Greek or else military discipline, instead of needle-work and housewifery. by : Bernard Mandeville

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