The man or country that fights priestcraft and priests is to my mind striking deeper for freedom than can be struck anywhere.

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She poured a little social sewage into his ears.

She poured a little social sewage into his ears.

A witty woman is a treasure; a witty beauty is a power.

A witty woman is a treasure; a witty beauty is a power.

Who rises from prayer a better man, his prayer is answered.

Who rises from prayer a better man, his prayer is answered.

I expect that Woman will be the last thing civilized by Man.

I expect that Woman will be the last thing civilized by Man.

A human act once set in motion flows on forever to the great account. Our...

A human act once set in motion flows on forever to the great account. Our...

Possession without obligation to the object possessed approaches felicity.

Possession without obligation to the object possessed approaches felicity.

I expect Woman will be the last thing civilized by Man.

I expect Woman will be the last thing civilized by Man.

Cynicism is intellectual dandyism

Cynicism is intellectual dandyism

Always imitate the behavior of the winners when you lose.

Always imitate the behavior of the winners when you lose.

Kissing don't last: cookery do!

Kissing don't last: cookery do!

Who rises from prayer a better man, his prayer is answered.

Who rises from prayer a better man, his prayer is answered.

And if I drink oblivion of a day, So shorten I the stature of my...

And if I drink oblivion of a day, So shorten I the stature of my...

I expect that Woman will be the last thing civilized by Man

I expect that Woman will be the last thing civilized by Man

Bring the army of the faithful through.

Bring the army of the faithful through.

The well of true wit is truth itself

The well of true wit is truth itself

The most dire disaster in love is the death of imagination.

The most dire disaster in love is the death of imagination.

The well of true wit is truth itself.

The well of true wit is truth itself.

Cultivated men and women who do not skim the cream of life, and are attached...

Cultivated men and women who do not skim the cream of life, and are attached...

Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own.

Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own.

When the Dodgers left, it was not only a loss of a team, it was...

When the Dodgers left, it was not only a loss of a team, it was...

Money and women are the most sought after and the least known about of any...

Money and women are the most sought after and the least known about of any...