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.
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Opportunity knocks for every man, but you have to give a woman a ring.
Opportunity knocks for every man, but you have to give a woman a ring.
Marriage is a lottery, but you can't tear up your ticket if you lose.
Marriage is a lottery, but you can't tear up your ticket if you lose.
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The distinction between children and adults, while probably useful for some purposes, is at bottom a specious one, I feel. There are only individual egos, crazy for love.
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Behind every successful man is a surprised woman.
Behind every successful man is a surprised woman.
A mother who is really a mother is never free.
A mother who is really a mother is never free.
The family is the nucleus of civilization.
The family is the nucleus of civilization.
