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“It is difficult for a woman to define her feelings in language which is chiefly made by men to express theirs.”
― Far From the Madding Crowd
― Far From the Madding Crowd
“In the last 3,421 years of recorded history only 268 have seen no war.”
― The Lessons of History
― The Lessons of History
“History reports that the men who can manage men manage the men who can manage only things, and the men who can manage money manage all.”
― The Lessons of History
― The Lessons of History
“you can’t fool all the people all the time,” but you can fool enough of them to rule a large country.”
― The Lessons of History
― The Lessons of History
“I had given up some youth for knowledge, but my gain was more valuable than the loss”
― I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
― I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
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