"A husband is indeed thought by both sexes so very valuable, that scarce a man who can keep himself clean and make a bow, but thinks he is good enough to pretend to any woman ..."

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Source : Mary Astell, Patricia Springborg (1996). “Astell: Political Writings”, p.65, Cambridge University Press

Mary Astell

#Sex Quotes #Husband Quotes #Men Quotes

“Far out in the ocean, where the water is as blue as the prettiest cornflower, and as clear as crystal, it is very, very deep; so deep, indeed, that no cable could fathom it: many church steeples, piled one upon another, would not reach from the ground beneath to the surface of the water above. There dwell the Sea King and his subjects.”
“As a personal matter I don't give a damn where mosques, churches, temples or other religious shrines and symbols are built as long as they don't tear down decent saloons in the process.”
“The laws against public nudity make no sense. The idea that Jerry Falwell can go topless while Cindy Crawford cannot is an absolute affront to logic, common sense and the 5000 year human struggle for aesthetic taste.”
“Rewrite your major goals every day, in the present tense, exactly as if they already existed”
“I don't want Daddy's passion to ever end. I want to help endangered wildlife just like he did.”

Source : Eulogy for Steve Irwin, delivered 19 September 2006
“No book worth its salt is meant to put you to sleep, it's meant to make you jump out of your bed in your underwear and run and beat the author's brains out.”
“European toilet paper is made from the same material that Americans use for roofing, which is why Europeans tend to remain standing throughout soccer matches.”
“Do not trust governments more than governments trust their own people.”

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