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Marie Stopes, born on October 15, 1880, and died on October 2, 1958, was a British author and social activist. She is known for her works on birth control and social reform.

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All Ifs Beautiful Body Credit Sixteen Sixty Soul Together You Are Beautiful Your Soul

Famous Marie Stopes Quotes

“From the body of the loved one's simple, sweetly colored flesh, which our animal instincts urge us to desire, there springs not only the wonder of a new bodily life, but also the enlargement of the horizon of human sympathy and the glow of spiritual understanding which one could never have attained alone.”

Sex 1910s

Book:Married Love

Source: Married Love

“if the world is not safe for babies you are never going to get a democracy worth having.”

Ifs World Democracy Baby Safe

Author:Marie Stopes

“A modern and humane civilization must control conception or sink into barbaric cruelty to individuals.”

Individual Modern Birth Civilization Cruelty Conception Humane Birth Control Barbaric

Author:Marie Stopes

“Every heart desires a mate.”

Heart Desire Mates Hearts Desire

Book:Married Love: A New Contribution to the Solution of Sex Difficulties

Source: Married Love: A New Contribution to the Solution of Sex Difficulties

“I am humbly following in your footsteps and having a row with the Government over the iniquity of the Marriage Tax in the form of supertax ... our incomes being added together we are liable for supertax which we are refusing to pay on the grounds of morality as I consider in a Christian country it is an immoral and outrageous act to tax me because I am living in Holy matrimony instead of as my husband's mistress.”

Country Government Christian Together Form Pay Morality Holy Husband Taxes Following Income My Husband Immoral Mistress Outrageous Footsteps Liable Matrimony Iniquity

Author:Marie Stopes

“People who know the truth have no business to allow the powers of darkness to silence them on any point that matters.”

People Knows Matter Silence Darkness

Author:Marie Stopes

“The most complete human being is he or she who consciously or unconsciously obeys the profound physical laws of our being in such a way that the spirit receives as much help and as little hindrance from the body as possible.”

Way Humans Littles Helping Body Law Spirit Human Beings Profound Hindrance

Book:Married Love: A New Contribution to the Solution of Sex Difficulties

Source: Married Love: A New Contribution to the Solution of Sex Difficulties

“A woman doesn't find it contradictory to complain about not having anything to wear and about not having enough closet space in the same conversation. You can take no credit for beauty at sixteen. But if you are beautiful at sixty, it will be your soul's own doing.”

Ifs Soul Enough Beautiful Space Conversation Credit Complaining Your Soul Sixty Closets Contradictory Sixteen You Are Beautiful

Author:Marie Stopes

“You can take no credit for beauty at sixteen. But if you are beautiful at sixty, it will be your soul's own doing.”

“Each coming together of man and wife, even if they have been mated for many years, should be a fresh adventure; each winning should necessitate a fresh wooing.”

Ifs Men Should Years Has Beens Together Winning Wife Adventure Travel Winner Funny Travel Coming Together Wooing

Author:Marie Stopes

“An impersonal and scientific knowledge of the structure of our bodies is the surest safeguard against prurient curiosity and lascivious gloating.”

Body Structure Curiosity Scientific Knowledge Gloating

Author:Marie Stopes

About the Author

Born: October 15, 1880
Died: October 2, 1958
Known for: Author
Quotes: 11

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Married Love: A New Contribution to the Solution of Sex DifficultiesRelated source material

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