"It is a truth, universally acknowledged, that there is no passion so deeply rooted in human nature as that of pride."

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Source : Susan Edmonstone Ferrier (1841). “The inheritance, by the author of Marriage. By the author of 'Marriage'. Revised by the author”, p.1

Susan Edmonstone Ferrier

#Passion Quotes #Pride Quotes #Human Nature Quotes

“My friends, all I'm trying to say is that if we are to go forward today, we've got to go back and rediscover some mighty precious values that we've left behind. That's the only way that we would be able to make of our world a better world, and to make of this world what God wants it to be and the real purpose and meaning of it.”
“I wasn't in a position to defend myself. Sometimes it's a brutal profession. The first thing I thought of at the time was revenge. I have a more levelheaded take on the issue today.”
“I began a conversation with the heads of our esteemed department of political science, and instantly I concluded, 'Hopelessly incompetent!”
“It is really important for women to look up and see other women being successful. When I was in that position, all I wanted to do was blend in and be one of the guys.”

Source : "Pauline Neville-Jones: 'Some say I didn't make it easy on myself'". Interview with Nick Hopkins, www.theguardian.com. November 29, 2011.
“What has happened by chance is often difficult to repeat when it is sought deliberately. Chance is a genius.”
“The essence of pleasure is spontaneity.”

Source : Germaine Greer (1970). “The female eunuch”, Macgibbon & Kee
“Male-female fusion does not create women's rights. It creates a fusion of rights.”
“These are the living springs of great thoughts and great actions. Everything grows clear in the reflections from the Infinite.”

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