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The male is a biological accident: the Y (male) gene is an incomplete X (female) gene, that is, has an incomplete set of chromosomes. In other words, the male is an incomplete female, a walking abortion, aborted at the gene stage. To be male is to be deficient, emotionally limited; maleness is a deficiency disease and males are emotional cripples.

Valerie Solanas

S.C.U.M. Manifesto

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Flaws of men Nature of men Men

Author

Valerie Solanas

Source

S.C.U.M. Manifesto

Genre

Feminist literature

Language

English

Time

1967 1960s 20th century

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Citation

Solanas, Valerie. S.C.U.M. Manifesto. Self-published, 1967.

Truth never yet fell dead in the streets; it has such affinity with the soul of man, the seed however broadcast will catch somewhere and produce its hundredfold.

Theodore Parker

A Discourse of Matters Pertaining to Religion

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Nature of truth

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Theodore Parker

Source

A Discourse of Matters Pertaining to Religion

Language

English

Time

1842 1840s 19th century

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Citation

Parker, Theodore. A Discourse of Matters Pertaining to Religion. Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1842.

Without the means to prevent, and to control the timing of, conception, economic and political rights have limited meaning and women. If women cannot plan their pregnancies, they can plan little else in their lives.

Alice S. Rossi

The Feminist Papers

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Abortion

Author

Alice S. Rossi

Source

The Feminist Papers

Genre

Feminist literature

Language

English

Time

1973 1970s 20th century

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Citation

Rossi, Alice S. The Feminist Papers: From Adams to de Beauvoir. Columbia University Press, 1973, pt. 3.

Whenever I walk people try to hand me out flyers. And when someone tries to hand me out a flyer it's kinda like they're saying, "Here, you throw this away."

Mitch Hedberg

Comedy Central Presents

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Mitch Hedberg

Source

Comedy Central Presents

Medium

Comedy special

Genre

Comedy (stand up)

Language

English

Time

1999 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Hedberg, Mitch. Comedy Central Presents. Comedy Central, 5 Jan. 1999.

To be a slave was to be a human being under conditions in which that humanity was denied. They were not slaves. They were people. Their condition was slavery.

Julius Lester

To Be a Slave

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Slavery

Author

Julius Lester

Source

To Be a Slave

Language

English

Time

1968 1960s 20th century

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Citation

Lester, Julius. To Be a Slave. Dial Books for Young Readers, 1968, ch. 1.

The mathematician's patterns, like the painter's or the poet's, must be beautiful; the ideas, like the colors or the words, must fit together in a harmonious way. Beauty is the first test: there is no permanent place in the world for ugly mathematics.

G.H. Hardy

A Mathematician's Apology

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Mathematics

Author

G.H. Hardy

Source

A Mathematician's Apology

Language

English

Time

1940 1940s 20th century

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Citation

Hardy, G. H. A Mathematician's Apology. Cambridge University Press, 1940.

What factors are at play, for example, when people of high IQ flounder and those of modest IQ do surprisingly well? I would argue that the difference quite often lies in the abilities called here emotional intelligence, which include self control, zeal and persistence, and the ability to motivate oneself.

Daniel Goleman

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Emotional intelligence

Author

Daniel Goleman

Language

English

Time

1995 1990s 20th century

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Goleman, Daniel. "Aristotle's Challenge." Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ. Bantam Books, 1995.

Affirmation of life is the spiritual act by which man ceases to live thoughtlessly and begins to devote himself to his life with reverence in order to give it true value. To affirm life is to deepen, to make more inward, and to exalt the will to live.

Albert Schweitzer

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Mindfulness

Author

Albert Schweitzer

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

German

Time

1933 1930s 20th century

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Original Citation

Schweitzer, Albert. Aus Meinem Leben und Denken [Out of My Life and Thought]. Leipzig: Felix Meiner Verlag, 1931, ch. 13.

Current Citation

Schweitzer, Albert. Out of My Life and Thought: An Autobiography, translated by Antji Bultmann Lemke. Johns Hopkins University, 2009, ch. 13.

Every nation has its war party. It is not the party of democracy. It is the party of autocracy. It seeks to dominate absolutely. It is commercial, imperialistic, ruthless... If there is not sufficient reason for war, the war party will make war on one pretext, then invent another, possibly more effective pretext after war is on.

Robert M. LaFollette, Sr.

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Political parties Political theory

Speaker

Robert M. LaFollette, Sr.

Language

English

Time

1917 1910s 20th century

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La Follette, Robert M, Sr. Quoted in "The Right of the Citizen to Oppose War and the Right of Congress to Shape the War Policy." The Progressive, 1 June 1917.

Current Citation

La Follette, Robert M, Sr. Quoted in The Historic Unfulfilled Promise, written by Howard Zinn. City Lights Publishers, 2012, ch. 19.

By the power elite, we refer to those political, economic, and military circles which as an intricate set of overlapping cliques share decisions having at least national consequences. In so far as national events are decided, the power elite are those who decide them.

C. Wright Mills

The Power Elite

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American elite Elites

Author

C. Wright Mills

Source

The Power Elite

Genre

Sociology

Language

English

Time

1956 1950s 20th century

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Citation

Mills, C. Wright. The Power Elite. Oxford University Press, 1956, ch. 1.

In the end, belief and the lack of it amount to the same thing. If someone were to prove to me-right this minute-that God, in all his luminousness, exists, it wouldn't change a single aspect of my behavior.

Luis Bunuel

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Existence of God Beliefs

Author

Luis Bunuel

Source

My Last Sigh

Language

French

Time

1982 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Bunuel, Luis. Mon dernier soupir [My Last Sigh]. Alfred A. Knopf, 1983, ch. 15.

The history of the Victorian Age will never be written: we know too much about it. For ignorance is the first requisite of the historian-ignorance, which simplifies and clarifies, which selects and omits, with a placid perfection unattainable by the highest art.

Lytton Strachey

Eminent Victorians

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Nature of history

Author

Lytton Strachey

Source

Eminent Victorians

Genre

Biography

Language

English

Time

1918 1910s 20th century

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Original Citation

Strachey, Lytton. Eminent Vicorians. Chatto & Windus, 1918, preface.

Current Citation

Strachey, Lytton. Eminent Vicorians. Penguin Classics, 1990, preface.

History does not provide us with any instance of a society that repressed the economic liberties of the individual while being solicitous of his other liberties.

Irving Kristol

Two Cheers for Capitalism

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Topic

Economic freedom

Author

Irving Kristol

Source

Two Cheers for Capitalism

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1978 1970s 20th century

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Citation

Kristol, Irving. Two Cheers for Capitalism. Basic Books, 1978, preface.

The soul of man is immortal and imperishable.

Socrates

Quoted in Republic, by Plato

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The soul

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Socrates

Author

Plato

Source

Republic

Medium

Philosophical dialogue Dialogue

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

Greek

Time

375 BC 370s BC 4th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Original Citation

Socrates. Quoted in Πολιτεία [Republic], written by Plato. c. 375 BCE.

Current Citation

Socrates. Quoted in Republic, written by Plato, translated by Desmond Lee. Penguin Classics, 2007.

There is no more trusting in women.

Homer

The Odyssey

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Trustworthiness of women Gender relations

Author

Homer

Source

The Odyssey

Medium

Poem

Genre

Epic poem

Language

Greek

Time

700 BC 700s BC 8th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Homer. Ὀδύσσεια [Odyssey]. c. 710 BC, bk. 11, l. 456.

Current Citation

Homer. The Odyssey, edited by Bernard Knox, translated by Robert Fagles. Penguin Classics, 2006, bk. 11, l. 456.

Have no friends who are not of equal (moral) caliber.

Confucius

Quoted in Analects

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Equality in friendship Equality Friendship

Speaker

Confucius

Source

Analects

Genre

Philosophical literature

Statement Type

Advice

Language

Chinese

Time

221 BC 220s BC 3rd century BC

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Confucius. 論語 [The Analects]. c. 479 BCE.

Current Citation

Confucius. The Analects, edited and translated by Annping Chin. Penguin Classics, 2014.

He who knows does not speak.
He who speaks does not know.

Lao Tzu

Tao Te Ching

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Tact and discretion Talking Ignorance

Author

Lao Tzu

Source

Tao Te Ching

Genre

Philosophical literature Religious literature

Language

Chinese

Time

400 BC 400s BC 5th century BC

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Original Citation

Laozi [Lao Tzu]. 道德經 [Tao Te Ching]. c. 400 BC, ch. 56.

Current Citation

Laozi [Lao Tzu]. "The Natural Way of Lao Tzu." A Source Book in Chinese Philosophy, translated by Wing-Tsit Chan. Princeton University Press, 1969, ch. 56.

This is the one best omen, to fight in defense of one's country.

Homer

The Iliad

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Fighting for one's country

Author

Homer

Source

The Iliad

Medium

Poem

Genre

Epic poem

Language

Greek

Time

700 BC 700s BC 8th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Homer. Ἰλιάς [The Iliad], edited by Demetrius Chalcondyles. Florence: Bernardus Nerlius and Demetrius Damilas, 1489, bk. 12, l. 243.

Current Citation

Homer. The Iliad, translated by Robert Fitzgerald. Oxford University Press, 2014, bk. 12, l. 243.

But already it is time to depart, for me to die, for you to go on living; which of us takes the better course, is not known to anyone except God.

Socrates

Quoted in Apology, by Plato

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Mystery of death The afterlife

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Socrates

Author

Plato

Source

Apology

Medium

Courtroom speech Speech

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

Greek

Time

399 BC 390s BC 4th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Plato. Ἀπολογία Σωκράτους [Apology of Socrates]. Speech of legal self-defence which Socrates spoke at his trial for impiety and corruption. 399 BC, Athens, Greece.

Current Citation

Plato. "Apology." Plato: Euthyphro; Apology; Crito; Phaedo, translated by Christopher Emlyn-Jones and William Preddy. Harvard University Press, 2017.

Respect was invented to cover the empty place where love should be.

Leo Tolstoy

Anna Karenina

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Relationships Lack of love

Speaker

Anna Karenina

Author

Leo Tolstoy

Source

Anna Karenina

Medium

Novel

Language

Russian

Time

1877 1870s 19th century

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Original Citation

Tolstoy, Leo. Анна Каренина [Anna Karenina]. The Russian Messenger, 1875-1877. Serial.

Current Citation

Tolstoy, Leo. Anna Karenina, translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky. Penguin Classics, 2014.