Top Self Abnegation Quotes
Every November of my boyhood, we put on red poppies and attended highly patriotic services in remembrance of those who had 'given' their lives. But on what assurance did we know that these gifts had r...
Christopher Hitchens
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causes, childhood, christian martyrs, christianity, comrades, conscription, death, fanaticism, friends, kamikaze
[In 16th century European society] Marriage was the triumphal arch through which women, almost without exception, had to pass in order to reach the public eye. And after marriage followed, in theory,...
Antonia Fraser
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empowerment, feminism, gender, history, independence, inequality, marriage, married life, matrimony, men