Nothing fails like success; nothing is so defeated as yesterday's triumphant Cause.

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Sisters are always drying their hair. Locked into rooms, alone, they pose at the mirror,...

Sisters are always drying their hair. Locked into rooms, alone, they pose at the mirror,...

Those wearing tolerance for a label call other views intolerable.

Those wearing tolerance for a label call other views intolerable.

Sisters are always drying their hair. Locked into rooms, alone, they pose at the mirror,...

Sisters are always drying their hair. Locked into rooms, alone, they pose at the mirror,...

Gossip isn't scandal and it's not merely malicious. It's chatter about the human race by...

Gossip isn't scandal and it's not merely malicious. It's chatter about the human race by...

The trouble with gardening is that it does not remain an avocation. It becomes an...

The trouble with gardening is that it does not remain an avocation. It becomes an...

Praise is warming and desirable. But it is an earned thing. It has to be...

Praise is warming and desirable. But it is an earned thing. It has to be...

Of one thing I am certain, the body is not the measure of healing, peace...

Of one thing I am certain, the body is not the measure of healing, peace...

Gossip is the tool of the poet, the shoptalk of the scientist and the consolation...

Gossip is the tool of the poet, the shoptalk of the scientist and the consolation...

Gossip isn't scandal and it's not merely malicious. It's chatter about the human race by...

Gossip isn't scandal and it's not merely malicious. It's chatter about the human race by...

Words can sting like anything, but silence breaks the heart.

Words can sting like anything, but silence breaks the heart.

Compromise, if not the spice of life, is its solidity.

Compromise, if not the spice of life, is its solidity.

In Australia, not reading poetry is the national pastime.

In Australia, not reading poetry is the national pastime.

I do not know who first invented the myth of sexual equality. But it is...

I do not know who first invented the myth of sexual equality. But it is...

A lady is smarter than a gentleman, maybe, she can sew a fine seam, she...

A lady is smarter than a gentleman, maybe, she can sew a fine seam, she...

Marriage was all a woman's idea and for man's acceptance of the pretty yoke, it...

Marriage was all a woman's idea and for man's acceptance of the pretty yoke, it...

Seventy is wormwood, Seventy is gall But its better to be seventy, Than not alive...

Seventy is wormwood, Seventy is gall But its better to be seventy, Than not alive...

Getting along with men isn't what's truly important. The vital knowledge is how to get...

Getting along with men isn't what's truly important. The vital knowledge is how to get...

The knowledge of the causal power of thought is the basis of all their (Hebrew)...

The knowledge of the causal power of thought is the basis of all their (Hebrew)...

It is a sign of strength, not of weakness, to admit that you don't know...

It is a sign of strength, not of weakness, to admit that you don't know...

In heaven I yearn for knowledge, account all else inanity; On earth I confess an...

In heaven I yearn for knowledge, account all else inanity; On earth I confess an...