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My great panacea for making society at once better and more enjoyable would be to cultivate greater sincerity.


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Ours is the old, old story of every uprising race or class or order. The work of elevation must be wrought by ourselves or not at all.

Ours is the old, old story of every uprising race or class or order. The work of elevation must be wrought by ourselves or not at all.



Love naturally reverses the idea of obedience, and causes the struggle between any two who truly love each other to be, not who shall command, but who shall yield.

Love naturally reverses the idea of obedience, and causes the struggle between any two who truly love each other to be, not who shall command, but who shall yield.



I could discern clearly, even at that early age, the essential difference between people who are kind to dogs and people who really love them.

I could discern clearly, even at that early age, the essential difference between people who are kind to dogs and people who really love them.



Morality may exist in an atheist without any religion, and in a theist with a religion quite unspiritual.

Morality may exist in an atheist without any religion, and in a theist with a religion quite unspiritual.



The nest may be constructed, so far as the sticks go, by the male bird; but only the hen can line it with moss and down!

The nest may be constructed, so far as the sticks go, by the male bird; but only the hen can line it with moss and down!



[Women's] duty is nothing else than the fulfilment [sic] of the whole moral law, the attainment of every human virtue.

[Women's] duty is nothing else than the fulfilment [sic] of the whole moral law, the attainment of every human virtue.



Science is but a mere heap of facts, not a golden chain of truths, if we refuse to link it to the throne of God.

Science is but a mere heap of facts, not a golden chain of truths, if we refuse to link it to the throne of God.



It is a woman, and only a woman, — a woman all by herself, if she likes, and without any man to help her, — who can turn a house into a home.

It is a woman, and only a woman, — a woman all by herself, if she likes, and without any man to help her, — who can turn a house into a home.



He who does most to cure woman of her weakness, her frivolity, and her servility will likewise at the same stroke do most to cure man of his brutality, his selfishness and his sensuality.

He who does most to cure woman of her weakness, her frivolity, and her servility will likewise at the same stroke do most to cure man of his brutality, his selfishness and his sensuality.



Pleasures of the mind have this advantage,--they never cloy nor wear themselves out, but increase by employment.

Pleasures of the mind have this advantage,--they never cloy nor wear themselves out, but increase by employment.





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Power belongs in the hands of love, not memories.

Power belongs in the hands of love, not memories.




That is surely childhood's end, when you look at a thing like a rabbit needing skinned and have to say: "Nobody else is going to do this.

That is surely childhood's end, when you look at a thing like a rabbit needing skinned and have to say: "Nobody else is going to do this.



Those teetering on madness hold keys to doors you know nothing about. You must ask yourself if these rooms are worth visiting—if in the end life would have made more sense having been in them.

Those teetering on madness hold keys to doors you know nothing about. You must ask yourself if these rooms are worth visiting—if in the end life would have made more sense having been in them.



The function of the artist in a disturbed society is to give awareness of the universe, to ask the right questions, and to elevate the mind.

The function of the artist in a disturbed society is to give awareness of the universe, to ask the right questions, and to elevate the mind.



Is there a parson much bemused in beer, a maudlin poetess, a rhyming peer, a clerk foredoom'd his father's soul to cross, who pens a stanza when he should engross?

Is there a parson much bemused in beer, a maudlin poetess, a rhyming peer, a clerk foredoom'd his father's soul to cross, who pens a stanza when he should engross?



Extreme remedies are very appropriate for extreme diseases.

Extreme remedies are very appropriate for extreme diseases.



Tis midnight now. The bend and broken moon, Batter'd and black, as from a thousand battles, Hangs silent on the purple walls of Heaven.

Tis midnight now. The bend and broken moon, Batter'd and black, as from a thousand battles, Hangs silent on the purple walls of Heaven.



Boys, I have been rich and I have been poor, and believe me being rich is better.

Boys, I have been rich and I have been poor, and believe me being rich is better.



The utter destruction of our culture isn't just around the corner. It has been here for some time.

The utter destruction of our culture isn't just around the corner. It has been here for some time.




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