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When a man opens the car door for his wife, it's either a new car or a new wife.
When a man opens the car door for his wife, it's either a new car or a new wife.
When a bachelor of philosophy from the Antilles refuses to apply for certification as a teacher on the grounds of read more
When a bachelor of philosophy from the Antilles refuses to apply for certification as a teacher on the grounds of his color I say that philosophy has never saved anyone. When someone else strives and strains to prove to me that black men are as intelligent as white men I say that intelligence has never saved anyone: and that is true, for, if philosophy and intelligence are invoked to proclaim the equality of men, they have also been employed to justify the extermination of men.
They talk about a woman's sphere, as though it had a limit. There's not a place in earth or heaven. read more
They talk about a woman's sphere, as though it had a limit. There's not a place in earth or heaven. There's not a task to mankind given... without a woman in it.
The world men inhabit is rather bleak. It is a world full of doubt and confusion, where vulnerability must be read more
The world men inhabit is rather bleak. It is a world full of doubt and confusion, where vulnerability must be hidden, not shared; where competition, not co-operation, is the order of the day; where men sacrifice the possibility of knowing their own children and sharing in their upbringing, for the sake of a job they may have chosen by chance, which may not suit them and which in many cases dominates their lives to the exclusion of much else.
I told my wife that a husband is like a fine wine; he gets better with age. The next day, read more
I told my wife that a husband is like a fine wine; he gets better with age. The next day, she locked me in the cellar.
A good cigar is as great a comfort to a man as a good cry is to a woman.
A good cigar is as great a comfort to a man as a good cry is to a woman.
Whatever else is unsure in this stinking dunghill of a world a mother's love is not.
Whatever else is unsure in this stinking dunghill of a world a mother's love is not.
Nor need we power or splendor, wide hall or lordly dome; the good, the true, the tender- these form the read more
Nor need we power or splendor, wide hall or lordly dome; the good, the true, the tender- these form the wealth of home.
Thank heaven. A bachelor's life is no life for a single man.
Thank heaven. A bachelor's life is no life for a single man.
