"A fair woman shall not only command without authority but persuade without speaking."

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Source : Sir Philip Sidney, Jane Porter (1807). “Aphorisms of Sir Philip Sidney: With Remarks”, p.79

Philip Sidney

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“Writers are what they write, also what they fail to write.”

Source : Diana Trilling (1993). “The Beginning of the Journey: The Marriage of Diana and Lionel Trilling”, Harcourt
“Generalities don't count and won't help you in football.”
“The landscape should belong to the people who see it all the time.”

Source : Imamu Amiri Baraka (1966). “Home: Social Essays”, New York : Morrow
“To protect women in times of war, we must first make sure women receive equal rights in times of peace.”
“To preserve health is a moral and religious duty, for health is the basis of all social virtues. We can no longer be useful when not well.”

Source : "The Letters of Samuel Johnson, Volume I: 1731-1772".
“The greatest single human gift is the ability to chase down our dreams.”
“Come to terms with death. Thereafter anything is possible.”
“We should always measure a government's environmental rhetoric against its environmental record”

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