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«I have no hesitation in saying that although the American woman never leaves her domestic sphere and is in some respects very dependent within it, nowhere does she enjoy a higher station. And if anyone asks me what I think the chief cause of the extraordinary prosperity and growing power of this nation, I should answer that it is due to the superiority of their women.»
Author: Alexis de Tocqueville
(Historian, Political scientist)
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American Woman, dependent, domestic, due to, hesitation, in some respects, respects, sphere, station, superiority, With all due respect
«In should be the duty of every soldier to reflect on the experiences of the past, in the endeavor to discover improvements, in his particular sphere of action, which are practicable in the immediate future.»
«Men are rewarded for learning the practice of violence in virtually any sphere of activity by money, admiration, recognition, respect, and the genuflection of others honoring their sacred and proven masculinity. In male culture, police are heroic and so are outlaws; males who enforce standards are heroic and so are those who violate them.»
Author: Andrea Dworkin
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admiration, enforce, genuflection, heroic, honoring, masculinity, outlawed, outlawing, outlaws, police, proven, recognition, rewarded, sphere, standards, The Outlaw, The Practice, violate, virtually
«I may be strong-minded, but no one can say I'm out of my sphere now, for woman's special mission is supposed to be drying tears and bearing burdens.»
«It contributes greatly towards a man's moral and intellectual health, to be brought into habits of companionship with individuals unlike himself, who care little for his pursuits, and whose sphere and abilities he must go out of himself to appreciate.»
Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne
(Novelist, Writer)
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abilities, appreciate, brought, companionship, contributed, contributes, contributing, go out, greatly, habits, health, health care, individuals, intellectual, moral, pursuits, sphere, unlike
«Most people dislike vanity in others, whatever share they have of it themselves; but I give it fair quarter, wherever I meet with it, being persuaded that it is often productive of good to the possessor, and to others who are within his sphere of act»
Author: Benjamin Franklin
(Inventor, Philosopher, Printer, Scientist, Statesman, Writer)
| Keywords:
persuaded, sphere, vanity fair
«In the sphere of thought, absurdity and perversity remain the masters of the world, and their dominion is suspended only for brief periods.»
Author: Arthur Schopenhauer
(Philosopher)
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absurdity, brief, dominion, dominions, Masters, periods, perversities, perversity, sphere, suspend, suspended, suspending, suspends, The Masters
«It seems to me that the idea of a personal God is an anthropological concept which I cannot take seriously. I also cannot imagine some will or goal outside the human sphere.»
«Nature is an infinite sphere whose center is everywhere and whose circumference is nowhere»
Author: Blaise Pascal
(Mathematician, Philosopher, Physicist)
| About:
Nature
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center, centers, center on, circumference, everywhere, from nowhere, infinite, nowhere, sphere
«Nature, to each allots his proper Sphere, But, that forsaken, we like Comets err: Toss'd thro' the Void, by some rude Shock we're broke, And all our boasted Fire is lost in Smoke»
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