Quote by Henry Adams
The woman who is known only through a man is known wrong. - Henry

The woman who is known only through a man is known wrong. – Henry Adams

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Politics, as a practise, whatever its professions, has always been the systematic organization of hatreds. – Henry Adams

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No man likes to have his intelligence or good faith questioned, especially if he has doubts about it himself. – Henry Adams

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I declare to you that woman must not depend upon the protection of man, but must be taught to protect herself, and there I take my stand. – Susan B. Anthony

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We have done almost everything in pairs since Noah, except govern. And the world has suffered for it. – Bella Abzug

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Every woman is like a time-zone. She is a nocturnal fragment of your journey. She brings you unflaggingly closer to the next night. – Jean Baudrillard

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You can get your appetite elsewhere, as long as you eat at home. – Anonymous

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