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Anne Spencer Quotes: Guilt pins a fig-leaf; Innocence is its own adorning.
         

Guilt pins a fig-leaf; Innocence is its own adorning.


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I proudly love being a Negro woman -- it's so involved and interesting.

I proudly love being a Negro woman -- it's so involved and interesting.



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Let me learn now where Beauty is; I was born to know her mysteries . . .



It is dangerous for a woman to defy the gods; To taunt them with the tongue's thin tip, Or strut in the weakness of mere humanity, Or draw a line daring them to cross.

It is dangerous for a woman to defy the gods; To taunt them with the tongue's thin tip, Or strut in the weakness of mere humanity, Or draw a line daring them to cross.



Is any prophet come to teach a new thing Now in a more apt time?

Is any prophet come to teach a new thing Now in a more apt time?



Heaven's Virginia when the year's at its Spring.

Heaven's Virginia when the year's at its Spring.



Good communication is as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard.

Good communication is as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard.





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