"Ladies, just a little more virginity, if you don't mind."

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Source : To a motley collection of women, assembled to play ladies in waiting to a queen, in Alexander Woollcott 'Shouts and Murmurs' (1923) 'Capsule Criticism'

Herbert Beerbohm Tree

#Mind Quotes #Littles Quotes #Virginity Quotes

“Without music I should wish to die.”
“To have a right estimate of a man's character, we must see him in misfortune.”
“Prayer is spiritual communication between man and God, a two-way relationship in which man should not only talk to God but also listen to Him. Prayer to God is like a child's conversation with his father. It is natural for a child to ask his father for the things he needs.”
“A peace deal requires agreements, and you don't make agreements with your friends, you make agreements with your enemies.”

Source : "Richard Holbrooke, noted diplomat, is dead at 69" by Joe Sterling, www.cnn.com. December 13, 2010.
“I was called "T-Bow" but the people got it mixed up with "T-Bone." My name is Aaron Walker but "T-Bone" is catchy, people remember it. My auntie gave it to me when I was a kid. Mother's mother was a Cherokee Indian full blooded. There were sixteen girls and two boys in my mother's family, all dead but two.”
“Not all men (and especially the wisest) share the opinion that it is bad for women to be educated. But it is very true that many foolish men have claimed this because it displeased them that women knew more than they did.”

Source : Christine De Pizan (1982). “The Book of the City of Ladies”, New York : Persea Books
“The antidote to this abuse of formal Government, is, the influence of private character, the growth of the Individual.”
“The best combination of parents consists of a father who is gentle beneath his firmness, and a mother who is firm beneath her gentleness.”

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