"Girls! Girls! Those of you who have hearts, and therefore a wish for happiness, homes and husbands by and by, never develop a reputation for being clever."

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Source : Miles Franklin (2009). “My Brilliant Career”, p.76, The Floating Press

Miles Franklin

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“If you ask ... the man in the street ... the human significance of mathematics, the answer of the world will be, that mathematics has given mankind a metrical and computatory art essential to the effective conduct of daily life, that mathematics admits of countless applications in engineering and the natural sciences, and finally that mathematics is a most excellent instrumentality for giving mental discipline... [A mathematician will add] that mathematics is the exact science, the science of exact thought or of rigorous thinking.”
“Do not let the word tripe deter you. Let its soothing charms win you over, and enjoy it as do those who always have!”
“If I go on a diet and work out, I'm always in a bad mood. I'd rather be a little heavier but nice.”
“Fruitful is the entire life of those, who feel hunger for the Name of the Lord in their minds.”
“The only morality in a cruel world is chance.”
“Advice is priceless: when it becomes interference it is preposterous.”
“Some comics really thrive on being disrespectful, especially toward women, and it's somehow understood as edgy, but I'm the opposite. I've never liked curse words for that reason.”
“It requires philosophy and heroism to rise above the opinion of the wise men of all nations and races.”

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