"I hate the word proper. If you tell me a thing is not proper, I immediately feel the most rabid desire to go 'neck and heels' into it."

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Source : Fanny Fern (1873). “Fanny Fern [pseud.]: A Memorial Volume. Containing Her Select Writings and a Memoir”, p.497

Fanny Fern

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“What has really changed in the industry is the consumer. The 'he' is now a 'she,'”
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“Of course great politicians are always liable to be wrong about something, and the more people tell them they are wrong, the more stubbornly they defend their error.”
“As a philosopher, I'm not obliged to explore every unknown wilderness.”
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“The greatest influence for good comes from those quiet folks who make morals, not moralizing, their vocation.”

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