“Very learned women are to be found, in the same manner as female warriors but they are seldom or ever inventors.”
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The art of government is to make two-thirds of a nation pay all it possibly can pay for the benefit of the other third.
Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her: but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.
Divorce is probably of nearly the same date as marriage. I believe, however, that marriage is some weeks the more ancient.
Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
