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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.
Some men demand rough treatment everywhere!
Some men demand rough treatment everywhere!
What a man sows, that shall he and his relations reap.
What a man sows, that shall he and his relations reap.
Ne'er take a wife till thou hast a house (and a fire) to put her in.
Ne'er take a wife till thou hast a house (and a fire) to put her in.
Family jokes, though rightly cursed by strangers, are the bond that keeps most families alive.
Family jokes, though rightly cursed by strangers, are the bond that keeps most families alive.
Be tolerant of the human race. Your whole family belongs to it -- and some of your spouse's family does read more
Be tolerant of the human race. Your whole family belongs to it -- and some of your spouse's family does too.
If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticism of one, go ahead, get married.
If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticism of one, go ahead, get married.
Wedding is destiny, and hanging likewise.
Wedding is destiny, and hanging likewise.
Roots is not just a saga of my family. It is the symbolic saga of a people.
Roots is not just a saga of my family. It is the symbolic saga of a people.
