Genius is present in every age, but the men carrying it within them remain benumbed unless extraordinary events occur to heat up and melt the mass so that it flows forth. – Denis Diderot
My mother was told she couldnt go to medical school because she was a woman and a Jew. So she became a teacher in the New York City public school system. – Marilyn Hacker
I take it that the good of mankind means the attainment, by every man, of all the happiness which he can enjoy without diminishing the happiness of his fellow men. – Thomas Huxley
She belongs to a race of delightful women, who never do any harm, whom everybody calls good, and who are very severe on those who do not pretend to be good. – Gilbert Parker
