It is one of the superstitions of the human mind to have imagined that virginity could be a virtue.

C'est une des superstitions de l'esprit humain d'avoir imagine que la virginite pouvait etre une vertu.

Voltaire

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Virginity Patriarchy

Author

Voltaire

Medium

Personal journal

Language

French

Time

1750 1750s 18th century

Occupation

Philosopher Writer

From

France Europe

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Citation

Voltaire. The Piccini Notebooks. c. 1738-1750.

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I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: "Oh Lord, make my enemies ridiculous." And God granted it.

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Enemies

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Voltaire
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Time
1767 1760s 18th century
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Voltaire. Letter to Etienne Noel Damilaville. 16 May 1767.

Another quote from the 1750s

Love your Neighbor; yet don't pull down your Hedge.

Poor Richard (Benjamin Franklin)

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Poor Richard (Benjamin Franklin)
Source
Poor Richard's Almanack
Medium
Almanac
Statement Type
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Language
English
Time
1754 1750s 18th century
Era
Colonial America
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Original Citation

Franklin, Benjamin [published as Richard Saunders]. Poor Richard Improved. Philadelphia, 1754.

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Kate Millett

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Patriarchy

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Kate Millett
Source
Sexual Politics
Genre
Feminist literature
Language
English
Time
1970 1970s 20th century
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Citation

Millett, Kate. Sexual Politics. Doubleday, 1970, ch. 2.

Another quote originally in French

I bend but do not break.

Jean de la Fontaine

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Resilience

Author

Jean de la Fontaine
Source
The Oak and the Reed Fables (de la Fontaine)
Medium
Fable and fairytale
Language
French
Time
1668 1660s 17th century
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Original Citation

La Fontaine, Jean. "Le chene et le roseau [The Oak and the Reed]." Fables. Paris, 1668, bk. 1, no. 22.

Current Citation

La Fontaine, Jean. "The Oak and the Reed." The Complete Fables of Jean de La Fontaine, translated by Norman R. Shapiro. University of Illinois Press, 2007, bk. 1, no. 22.