Gold and silver, like other commodities, have an intrinsic value, which is not arbitrary, but is dependent on their scarcity, the quantity of labour bestowed in procuring them, and the value of the capital employed in the mines which produce them (David Ricardo)
The stereotype is the Eternal Feminine. She is the Sexual Object sought by all men, and by all woman. She is of neither sex, for she has herself no sex at all. Her value is solely attested by the demand she excites in others
The stereotype is the Eternal Feminine. She is the Sexual Object sought by all men, and by all woman. She is of neither sex, for she has herself no sex at all. Her value is solely attested by the demand she excites in others (Germaine Greer)
I don’t write like this in order to show how clever and well read I am–though I am rather clever and well read as a matter of fact
I don’t write like this in order to show how clever and well read I am–though I am rather clever and well read as a matter of fact. (John Heath-Stubbs)
[I]f a book is well written, I always find it too short
[I]f a book is well written, I always find it too short (Jane Austen, Catharine and Other Writings)
One of the most dangerous myths surrounding eating disorders is that they are a life sentence
One of the most dangerous myths surrounding eating disorders is that they are a life sentence (Lynn Crilly, Hope with Eating Disorders)
Disbelief is the strongest tool in our arsenal
Disbelief is the strongest tool in our arsenal (Thomm Quackenbush, Artificial Gods)
There is not so good an understanding between any two but the exposure by the one of a serious fault in the other will produce a misunderstanding in proportion to its heinousness
There is not so good an understanding between any two but the exposure by the one of a serious fault in the other will produce a misunderstanding in proportion to its heinousness (Henry David Thoreau)
People take power trips at the most inopportune times
People take power trips at the most inopportune times. (Lida Sideris, Murder and Other Unnatural Disasters)
No matter how much you nourish, the flower blossoms in its own time. Just like people
No matter how much you nourish, the flower blossoms in its own time. Just like people (Sarvesh Jain, The Awakening Wisdom of Life: Probably the best Quotation Book in the world)
It seems that now is the time to take risks and strike
It seems that now is the time to take risks and strike (Roger Parkinson, The War in the Desert)