"If God had not intended that Women shou'd use their Reason, He wou'd not have given them any, 'for He does nothing in vain."

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Source : Mary Astell, Bridget Hill (1986). “The first English feminist: reflections upon marriage and other writings”

Mary Astell

#Use Quotes #Doe Quotes #Reason Quotes

“It's unacceptable that consumers are punished on their telephone bill simply for crossing a border.”
“Some people it seems to me would like for me to crawl in a hole and disappear forever. That's just not in my nature.”
“I find myself moved by man in his new violent environment. I want to paint this explicitly and beautifully.”
“It is only when we are aware of the earth and of the earth as poetry that we truly live.”

Source : Henry Beston, Roger B. Swain (2001). “Herbs and the Earth”, p.4, David R. Godine Publisher
“The celebrity thing's completely crazy. I think I just have to move away or give it up altogether. I couldn't have kids in the situation I'm in now. But I could just do something else. That's probably what's going to happen. I made a decision very recently that I want a life instead.”
“I am convinced that when the history of international law comes to be written centuries hence, it will be divided into two periods: the first being from the earliest times to the end of the nineteenth century, and the second beginning with the Hague Conference.”
“Sun Cellular is the biggest investment in my business career.”
“Why are we here? I think many people assume, wrongly, that a company exists solely to make money. Money is an important part of a companys existence, if the company is any good. But a result is not a cause. We have to go deeper and find the real reason for our being.”

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