"Women are not so well united as to form an Insurrection. They are for the most part wise enough to love their Chains, and to discern how becomingly they fit."

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Source : Mary Astell, Patricia Springborg (1996). “Astell: Political Writings”, p.29, Cambridge University Press

Mary Astell

#Wise Quotes #Fit Quotes #Enough Quotes

“I'm just so happy to see my friends and fans in Taiwan, 'cause that's where I'm from.”
“And for the team, I always tried to do the right thing.”
“Like the herd animals we are, we sniff warily at the strange one among us.”
“Most people who succeed in the face of seemingly impossible conditions are people who simply don't know how to quit.”
“I would prefer a public option that would be a competitive option that would allow people to buy into a Federal Employee Health Benefits Program, which is a series of private plans.”
“Each of us as he receives his private trouncings at the hands of fate is kept in good heart by hearing of the moth in his brother's parachute and the scorpion in his neighbor's underwear.”
“Man [is] a rational animal, endowed by nature with rights and with an innate sense of justice.”
“We need to get rid of the debt ceiling law. It's anachronistic and it's a problem.”

Source : "Fiscal cliff: hopes rise for deal as Jim DeMint quits Senate" by Richard Adams, www.theguardian.com. December 6, 2012.

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