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Why is our fancy to be appalled by terrific perspectives of a hell beyond the grave?


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I do not wish women to have power over men; but over themselves.

I do not wish women to have power over men; but over themselves.



Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful.

Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful.



Taught from infancy that beauty is woman's sceptre, the mind shapes itself to the body, and roaming round its gilt cage, only seeks to adorn its prison.

Taught from infancy that beauty is woman's sceptre, the mind shapes itself to the body, and roaming round its gilt cage, only seeks to adorn its prison.



Accursed creator! Why did you form a monster so hideous that even you turned from me in disgust?

Accursed creator! Why did you form a monster so hideous that even you turned from me in disgust?




No man chooses evil because it's evil. He only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks.

No man chooses evil because it's evil. He only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks.



Women do not want power over men, they want power over themselves.

Women do not want power over men, they want power over themselves.



Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose - a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.

Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose - a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.



If I cannot inspire love, I will cause fear!

If I cannot inspire love, I will cause fear!






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Nor dread nor hope attendA dying animal

Nor dread nor hope attendA dying animal



Children are not chattel. they cannot be given away or traded in the marketplace.

Children are not chattel. they cannot be given away or traded in the marketplace.




There is nothing like been consumed by the blazing fire of untold story.

There is nothing like been consumed by the blazing fire of untold story.



Don't be about just any life. Be about the life you want to be about.

Don't be about just any life. Be about the life you want to be about.



I think there's even a chance that [R&D and innovation budgets] might be increased [during Donald Trump Administration] and we should go and make that case to the executive branch, to the Congress.

I think there's even a chance that [R&D and innovation budgets] might be increased [during Donald Trump Administration] and we should go and make that case to the executive branch, to the Congress.



The glory dies not, and the grief is past.

The glory dies not, and the grief is past.



My goal is just to become a better comedian.

My goal is just to become a better comedian.



There is an unfortunate disposition in a man to attend much more to the faults of his companions which offend him, than to their perfections which please him.

There is an unfortunate disposition in a man to attend much more to the faults of his companions which offend him, than to their perfections which please him.



We see the light but see not whence it comes. O Light Invisible, we glorify Thee!

We see the light but see not whence it comes. O Light Invisible, we glorify Thee!




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