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The father who does not teach his son his duties is equally guilty with the son who neglects them.
The father who does not teach his son his duties is equally guilty with the son who neglects them.
I refuse to admit that I am more than 52, even if that makes my children illegitimate.
I refuse to admit that I am more than 52, even if that makes my children illegitimate.
There is always a chance that he who sets himself up as his brother's keeper will end up by being read more
There is always a chance that he who sets himself up as his brother's keeper will end up by being his jail-keeper.
The trouble with some women is they get all excited about nothing, and then they marry him.
The trouble with some women is they get all excited about nothing, and then they marry him.
The awe and dread with which the untutored savage contemplates his mother-in-law are amongst the most familiar facts of anthropology.
The awe and dread with which the untutored savage contemplates his mother-in-law are amongst the most familiar facts of anthropology.
We have not passed that subtle line between childhood and adulthood until we move from the passive voice to the read more
We have not passed that subtle line between childhood and adulthood until we move from the passive voice to the active voice -- that is, until we have stopped saying "It got lost," and say, "I lost it.".
Nobody can misunderstand a boy like his own mother. Mothers at present can bring children into the world, but this read more
Nobody can misunderstand a boy like his own mother. Mothers at present can bring children into the world, but this performance is apt to mark the end of their capacities. They can't even attend to the elementary animal requirements of their offspring. It is quite surprising how many children survive in spite of their mothers.
Of all the rights of women, the greatest is to be a mother.
Of all the rights of women, the greatest is to be a mother.
How we dwelt in two worlds the daughters and the mothers in the kingdom of the sons.
How we dwelt in two worlds the daughters and the mothers in the kingdom of the sons.
