The failure of women to produce genius of the first rank in most of the supreme forms of human effort has been used to block the way of all women of talent and ambition for intellectual achievement.

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A successful woman preacher was once asked what special obstacles have you met as a...

A successful woman preacher was once asked what special obstacles have you met as a...

It is an old error of man to forget to put quotation marks where he...

It is an old error of man to forget to put quotation marks where he...

The essence of democracy is its assurance that every human being should so respect himself...

The essence of democracy is its assurance that every human being should so respect himself...

Of all the wastes of human ignorance perhaps the most extravagant and costly to human...

Of all the wastes of human ignorance perhaps the most extravagant and costly to human...

The experience of the race shows that we get our most important education not through...

The experience of the race shows that we get our most important education not through...

Can a woman become a genius of the first class? Nobody can know unless women...

Can a woman become a genius of the first class? Nobody can know unless women...

The earth is ready, the time is ripe, for the authoritative expression of the feminine...

The earth is ready, the time is ripe, for the authoritative expression of the feminine...

It is not alone the fact that women have generally had to spend most of...

It is not alone the fact that women have generally had to spend most of...

The friendship between a man and a woman which does not lead to marriage or...

The friendship between a man and a woman which does not lead to marriage or...

I do then with my friends as I do with my books. I would have...

I do then with my friends as I do with my books. I would have...

There can be no friendship without confidence, and no confidence without integrity.

There can be no friendship without confidence, and no confidence without integrity.

We mothers are learning to mark our mothering success by our daughters' lengthening flight.

We mothers are learning to mark our mothering success by our daughters' lengthening flight.

Read as you taste fruit or savor wine, or enjoy friendship, love or life.

Read as you taste fruit or savor wine, or enjoy friendship, love or life.

You are almost not free, if you are teaching a group of graduate students, to...

You are almost not free, if you are teaching a group of graduate students, to...

Without friends the world is but a wilderness. There is no man that imparteth his...

Without friends the world is but a wilderness. There is no man that imparteth his...

Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.

Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.

This airline is grateful for his extensive contributions and we will miss his friendship and...

This airline is grateful for his extensive contributions and we will miss his friendship and...

Boldness be my friend.

Boldness be my friend.

I'm treating you as a friend asking you to share my present minuses in the...

I'm treating you as a friend asking you to share my present minuses in the...

A man knows his companion in a long journey and a little inn.

A man knows his companion in a long journey and a little inn.