I have often thought of it as one of the most barbarous customs in the world, considering us as a civilized and a Christian country, that we deny the advantages of learning to women.

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Justice is always violent to the party offending, for every man is innocent in his...

Justice is always violent to the party offending, for every man is innocent in his...

All our discontents about what we want appeared to spring from the want of thankfulness...

All our discontents about what we want appeared to spring from the want of thankfulness...

Pride the first peer and president of hell.

Pride the first peer and president of hell.

An Englishman will fairly drink as much As will maintain two families of Dutch.

An Englishman will fairly drink as much As will maintain two families of Dutch.

The best of men cannot suspend their fate: The good die early, and the bad...

The best of men cannot suspend their fate: The good die early, and the bad...

All men would be tyrants if they could.

All men would be tyrants if they could.

Necessity makes an honest man a knave.

Necessity makes an honest man a knave.

In trouble to be troubled, Is to have your trouble doubled.

In trouble to be troubled, Is to have your trouble doubled.

'Tis no sin to cheat the devil.

'Tis no sin to cheat the devil.

The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond, and must be polished,...

The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond, and must be polished,...

Vice came in always at the door of necessity, not at the door of inclination.

Vice came in always at the door of necessity, not at the door of inclination.

'Tis no sin to cheat the devil

'Tis no sin to cheat the devil

It is better to have a lion at the head of an army of sheep,...

It is better to have a lion at the head of an army of sheep,...

Nature has left this tincture in the blood, That all men would be tyrants if...

Nature has left this tincture in the blood, That all men would be tyrants if...

Justice is always violent to the party offending, for every man is innocent in his...

Justice is always violent to the party offending, for every man is innocent in his...

He that is rich is wise.

He that is rich is wise.

It is better to have a lion at the head of an army of sheep,...

It is better to have a lion at the head of an army of sheep,...

We owe our troops the opportunity to serve in the best-planned, best-equipped, and best-led military...

We owe our troops the opportunity to serve in the best-planned, best-equipped, and best-led military...

Military glory - that attractive rainbow that rises in showers of blood

Military glory - that attractive rainbow that rises in showers of blood

My decision to register women confirms what is already obvious throughout our society-that women are...

My decision to register women confirms what is already obvious throughout our society-that women are...