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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.
When I can no longer bear to think of the victims of broken homes, I begin to think of the read more
When I can no longer bear to think of the victims of broken homes, I begin to think of the victims of intact ones.
Wives are people who feel they don't dance enough.
Wives are people who feel they don't dance enough.
They say that women talk too much. If you have worked in congress you know that the filibuster was invented read more
They say that women talk too much. If you have worked in congress you know that the filibuster was invented by men. -Clare Booth Luce.
If I were a girl, I'd despair. The supply of good women far exceeds that of the men who deserve read more
If I were a girl, I'd despair. The supply of good women far exceeds that of the men who deserve them.
Ceremony and ritual spring from our heart of hearts: those who govern us know it well, for they would sooner read more
Ceremony and ritual spring from our heart of hearts: those who govern us know it well, for they would sooner deny us bread than dare alter the observance of tradition.
Woman submits to her fate; man makes his.
Woman submits to her fate; man makes his.
The most expensive wedding usually ends with the quickest divorce.
The most expensive wedding usually ends with the quickest divorce.
A mother understands what a child does not say.
A mother understands what a child does not say.
