Quote by Germaine Greer
The tragedy of machismo is that a man is never quite man enough. -

The tragedy of machismo is that a man is never quite man enough. – Germaine Greer

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Women are reputed never to be disgusted. The sad fact is that they often are, but not with men following the lead of men, they are most often disgusted with themselves. – Germaine Greer

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Never advise anyone to go to war or to get married. Write down the advice of him who loves you, though you like it not at present. He that has no children brings them up well. – Germaine Greer

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The blind conviction that we have to do something about other peoples reproductive behavior, and that we may have to do it whether they like it or not, derives from the assumption that the world belongs to us, who have so expertly depleted its resources, rather than to them, who have not. – Germaine Greer

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Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence. – Democritus

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I cannot help fearing that men may reach a point where they look on every new theory as a danger, every innovation as a toilsome trouble, every social advance as a first step toward revolution, and that they may absolutely refuse to move at all. – Alexis de Tocqueville

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There is no better proof of a mans being truly good than his desiring to be constantly under the observation of good men. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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Under the pressure of the cares and sorrows of our mortal condition, men have at all times, and in all countries, called in some physical aid to their moral consolations – wine, beer, opium, brandy, or tobacco. – Edmund Burke

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I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end. – Margaret Thatcher

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Growing up in the 70s and 80s, science fiction and especially fantasy had such a stigma attached to them. I felt so punished and exiled for being devoted to these things. – Lev Grossman

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I love my parents. Coming out to them was sort of coming out to myself. I educated them, and I wanted our relationship to keep growing. I wanted them to be a part of my life still. I wanted to be able to share with them what I was going through. – Randy Harrison

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Autumn is the mellower season, and what we lose in flowers we more than gain in fruits. – Samuel Butler, The Way of All Flesh [written in the context of aging —t&#9

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