"Hitherto I have courted Truth with a kind of Romantick Passion, in spite of all Difficulties and Discouragements: for knowledge is thought so unnecessary an Accomplishment for a Woman, that few will give themselves the Trouble to assist us in the Attainment of it."

Truth, Thought, Knowledge, Accomplishment

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"Hitherto I have courted Truth with a kind of Romantick Passion, in spite of all Difficulties and Discouragements: for knowledge is thought so unnecessary an Accomplishment for a Woman, that few will give themselves the Trouble to assist us in the Attainment of it."

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"Is there any certainty like the Truth?"

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"Deceptions and lies reign in a country where focus is on messages of miracles and wonders."

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"I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours."

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"See? my mother would say, smiling at me and my sister, Carol, in turn. "We live in the greatest country on earth. See how lucky we are?And yet the ash continued swirling down, and the smells of death came through the windows, crept under the door, hung in our carpets and curtains, and screamed of her lie.Is it possible to tell the truth in a society of lies? Or must you always, of necessity, become a liar?And if you lie to a liar, is the sin somehow negated or reversed?These are the kinds of questions I ask myself now: in these dark, watery hours, when night and day are interchangeable. No. Not true."

Lauren Oliver, American Author

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"You have a responsibility to keep your homes, surroundings and city clean."

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"Women need not take up with mean things, since (if they are not wanting to themselves) they are capable of the best."

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"Whilst our Hearts are violently set upon any thing, there is no convincing us that we shall ever be of another Mind."

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"But, alas! what poor Woman is ever taught that she should have a higher Design than to get her a Husband?"

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"Why is Slavery so much condemn'd and strove against in one Case, and so highly applauded and held so necessary and so sacred in another?"

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"Although it has been said by men of more wit than wisdom, and perhaps more malice than either, that women are naturally incapable of acting prudently, or that they are necessarily determined to folly, I must by no means grant it."

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"How can you be content to be in the world like tulips in a garden, to make a fine show, and be good for nothing."

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