"The being cannot be termed rational or virtuous, who obeys any authority, but that of reason."

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Source : Mary Wollstonecraft (2012). “A Vindication of the Rights of Woman”, p.177, Courier Corporation

Mary Wollstonecraft

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“I'm good man, repin' Baton Rouge, Louisiana to the fullest. Lettin' everybody know that I got some new heat comin' to the streets.”

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“He that is rich is wise, And all men learned poverty despise.”

Source : Daniel Defoe (1840). “A System of Magic”, p.19
“The minute we leave south Lebanon we will have to erase the word Hezbollah from our vocabulary, because the whole idea of the State of Israel versus Hezbollah was sheer folly from the outset. It most certainly no longer will be relevant when Israel returns to her internationally recognized northern border.”
“I would vote for a Mormon.”
“When you are reading a book in a dark room, and come to a difficult part, you take it to a window to get more light. So take your Bibles to Christ.”
“We must understand the connection between inner solitude and inner silence; they are inseparable. All the masters of the interior life speak of the two in the same breath.”
“Pity the man who has a favorite restaurant, but not a favorite author. He's picked out a favorite place to feed his body, but he doesn't have a favorite place to feed his mind!”
“One might almost reckon mathematically that, having undergone the double composition of public opinion and of the author, their history reaches us at third hand and is thus separated by two stages from the original fact.”

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