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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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.
She was not a women likely to settle for equality when sex gave her an advantage.
She was not a women likely to settle for equality when sex gave her an advantage.
Most married couples, even though they love each other very much in theory, tend to view each other in practice read more
Most married couples, even though they love each other very much in theory, tend to view each other in practice as large teeming flaw colonies, the result being that they get on each other's nerves and regularly erupt into vicious emotional shouting matches over such issues as toaster settings.
A small family is soon provided for.
A small family is soon provided for.
The woman's vision is deep reaching, the man's far reaching. With the man the world is his heart, with the read more
The woman's vision is deep reaching, the man's far reaching. With the man the world is his heart, with the woman the heart is her world.
Where there is marriage without love, there will be love without marriage.
Where there is marriage without love, there will be love without marriage.
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.
Once a man is on hand, a woman tends to stop believing in her own beliefs.
Once a man is on hand, a woman tends to stop believing in her own beliefs.
If all men are born free, why is it that all women are born slaves?
If all men are born free, why is it that all women are born slaves?
