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To speak broadly, the troubles of life as we find them are mainly traceable to the heart or the purse.
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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Let us inquire what glory there was in an omnipotent being torturing forever a puny little creature who could in no way defend himself? Would it be to the glory of a man to fry ants?
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A family unity which is only bound together with a table-cloth is of questionable value.
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In New York City, everyone is an exile, none more so than the Americans.
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The mother- poor invaded soul- finds even the bathroom door no bar to hammering little hands.
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all social relations exist and grow in the human mind. That one despot can rule over a million other men rests absolutely on their state of mind. They believe that he does let them change their minds, and he does not.
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A man's honor always seems to want to kill a woman to satisfy it.
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There should be an end to the bitterness of feeling which has arisen between the sexes in this century.
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The female of genus homo is economically dependent on the male. He is her food supply.
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I do not want to be a fly,I want to be a worm!
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