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A woman who thinks she is intelligent demands the same rights as man. An intelligent woman gives up.
A woman who thinks she is intelligent demands the same rights as man. An intelligent woman gives up.
And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness:
and let them have dominion over read more
And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness:
and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the
fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and
over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
It takes time to persuade men to do even what is for their own good.
It takes time to persuade men to do even what is for their own good.
That all men are equal is a proposition to which, at ordinary times, no sane human being has ever given read more
That all men are equal is a proposition to which, at ordinary times, no sane human being has ever given his assent.
Man is a reasoning rather than a reasonable animal.
Man is a reasoning rather than a reasonable animal.
Man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes and pompous in the
grave.
Man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes and pompous in the
grave.
Ye children of man! whose life is a span
Protracted with sorrow from day to day,
Naked read more
Ye children of man! whose life is a span
Protracted with sorrow from day to day,
Naked and featherless, feeble and querulous,
Sickly, calamitous creatures of clay.
All these primary impulses, not easily described in words, are the springs of man's actions.
All these primary impulses, not easily described in words, are the springs of man's actions.