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The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called re

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation. – Henry David Thoreau

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The production of children, the nurture of those born, and the daily life of men, of these matters woman is visibly the cause. – Guru Nanak

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If women are supposed to be less rational and more emotional at the beginning of our menstrual cycle when the female hormone is at its lowest level, then why isnt it logical to say that, in those few days, women behave the most like the way men behave all month long? – Gloria Steinem

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Fires cant be made with dead embers, nor can enthusiasm be stirred by spiritless men. Enthusiasm in our daily work lightens effort and turns even labor into pleasant tasks. – James A. Baldwin

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Brave men are all vertebrates they have their softness on the surface and their toughness in the middle. – Gilbert K. Chesterton

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