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A house does not need a wife any more than it needs a husband.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Age: 75 †
Born: 1860
Born: July 3
Died: 1935
Died: August 17
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We grovel and worship and pray to God to do what we ourselves ought to have done a thousand years ago, and can do now, as soon as we choose.
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To work is not only a right, it is a duty. To work to the full capacity of one's powers is necessary for human development - the full use of one's best faculties - this is the health and happiness for both man and woman.
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Legitimate sex-competition brings out all that is best in man.
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The people people have for friends Your common sense appall But the people people marry Are the queerest folk of all.
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A concept is stronger than a fact.
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For men obsessed with women's underwear, a course in washing, ironing and mending is recommended.
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There's heaven. There it is. What more do we mean? People, free to come together, and in beauty - for growth.
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To speak broadly, the troubles of life as we find them are mainly traceable to the heart or the purse.
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Said I, in scorn all burning hot,In rage and anger high,You ignominious idiot,Those wings are made to fly!
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