"It is something, I thought, when a king can put a courtesan to the blush."

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Mary Renault

#Kings Quotes #Courtesans Quotes

“What had really caused the women's movement was the additional years of human life. At the turn of the century women's life expectancy was forty-six; now it was nearly eighty. Our groping sense that we couldn't live all those years in terms of motherhood alone was "the problem that had no name." Realizing that it was not some freakish personal fault but our common problem as women had enabled us to take the first steps to change our lives.”
“The dichotomy between personal liberties and property rights is a false one. Property does not have rights. People have rights.”
“Blessed be the memory of him who gave the world this immortal game”

Source : Alfred George Gardiner (1917). “Pebbles on the shore”
“...concepts are related to the senses; and, when feeling takes place, wisdom is shut out.”
“The greatest single cause of a poor self-image is the absence of unconditional love.”
“There is no more compassionate and effective way to help poor people in New York City than to give to Robin Hood.”
“Hunger is the worst of diseases, the body the greatest of pains; if one knows this truly, that is Nirv?na, the highest happiness.”
“If you don't have a valentine, hang out with your girlfriends, don't go looking for someone. When it's right, they'll come to you.”

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