Man is jealous because of his amour propre; woman is jealous because of her lack of it.

Quote by Germaine Greer

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Never advise anyone to go to war or to get married. Write down the advice...

Never advise anyone to go to war or to get married. Write down the advice...

Freud is the father of psychoanalysis. It has no mother.

Freud is the father of psychoanalysis. It has no mother.

Women have very little idea of how much men hate them.

Women have very little idea of how much men hate them.

Perhaps catastrophe is the natural human environment, and even though we spend a good deal...

Perhaps catastrophe is the natural human environment, and even though we spend a good deal...

There is no such thing as security. There never has been.

There is no such thing as security. There never has been.

Freedom is fragile and must be protected. To sacrifice it, even as a temporary measure,...

Freedom is fragile and must be protected. To sacrifice it, even as a temporary measure,...

One may not reach the dawn save by the path of the night.

One may not reach the dawn save by the path of the night.

The tragedy of machismo is that a man is never quite man enough.

The tragedy of machismo is that a man is never quite man enough.

The compelled mother loves her child as the caged bird sings. The song does not...

The compelled mother loves her child as the caged bird sings. The song does not...

Evolution is what it is. The upper classes have always died out; it's one of...

Evolution is what it is. The upper classes have always died out; it's one of...

Psychoanalysis is the confession without absolution.

Psychoanalysis is the confession without absolution.

The house wife is an unpaid employee in her husband's house in return for the...

The house wife is an unpaid employee in her husband's house in return for the...

Perhaps women have always been in closer contact with reality than men: it would seem...

Perhaps women have always been in closer contact with reality than men: it would seem...

I didn't fight to get women out from behind vacuum cleaners to get them onto...

I didn't fight to get women out from behind vacuum cleaners to get them onto...

The real theater of the sex war is the domestic hearth.

The real theater of the sex war is the domestic hearth.

What we ought to see in the agonies of puberty is the result of the...

What we ought to see in the agonies of puberty is the result of the...

Loneliness is never more cruel than when it is felt in close propinquity with someone...

Loneliness is never more cruel than when it is felt in close propinquity with someone...

All societies on the verge of death are masculine. A society can survive with only...

All societies on the verge of death are masculine. A society can survive with only...

Even crushed against his brother in the Tube the average Englishman pretends desperately that he...

Even crushed against his brother in the Tube the average Englishman pretends desperately that he...

The essence of pleasure is spontaneity.

The essence of pleasure is spontaneity.