Quotes 1861 till 1880 of 2712.
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The hero is one who kindles a great light in the world, who sets up blazing torches in the dark streets of life for men to see by.
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The historian must have some conception of how men who are not historians behave. Otherwise he will move in a world of the dead. He can only gain that conception through personal experience, and he can only use his personal experiences when he is a genius.
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The history of free men is never really written by chance but by choice; their choice!
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The history of progress is written in the blood of men and women who have dared to espouse an unpopular cause, as, for instance, the black man's right to his body, or woman's right to her soul.
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The history of the world is but the biography of great men.
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The history of the world is full of men who rose to leadership, by sheer force of self-confidence, bravery and tenacity.
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The history of women is the history of the worst form of tyranny the world has ever known. The tyranny of the weak over the strong. It is the only tyranny that lasts.
A Woman of No Importance Act 3 -
The hood-winked husband shows his anger, and the word jealous is flung in his face. Jealous husband equals betrayed husband. And there are women who look upon jealousy as synonymous with impotence, so that the betrayed husband can only shut his eyes, powerless in the face of such accusations.
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The human race will then become one family, and the world will be the dwelling of Rational Men.
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The husbands of very beautiful women belong to the criminal classes.
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The idealists dream and the dream is told, and the practical men listen and ponder and bring back the truth and apply it to human life, and progress and growth and higher human ideals come into being and so the world moves ever on.
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The images of men's wits and knowledges remain in books, exempted from the wrong of time, and capable of perpetual renovation.
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The immorality of men triumphs over the amorality of women.
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The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men.
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The impression forces itself upon one that men measure by false standards, that everyone seeks power, success, riches for himself, and admires others who attain them, while undervaluing the truly precious thing in life.
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The influx of women into paid work and her increased power raise a woman's aspirations and hopes for equal treatment at home. Her lower wage and status at work and the threat of divorce reduce what she presses for and actually expects.
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The integrity of men is to be measured by their conduct, not by their professions.
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The key to the age may be this, or that, or the other, as the young orators describe; the key to all ages is - Imbecility; imbecility in the vast majority of men, at all times, and, even in heroes, in all but certain eminent moments; victims of gravity, custom, and fear.
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The labor of women in the house, certainly, enables men to produce more wealth than they otherwise could; and in this way women are economic factors in society. But so are horses.
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The lash may force men to physical labor, it cannot force them to spiritual creativity.
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