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Quote by Fernando de Rojas

“The first step towards madness is to think oneself wise.”

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Fernando de Rojas, born in 1465, was a prominent Spanish Renaissance author known for his profound psychological portrayals and unique literary style. more

“I may say this is a deluded generation, veiled with ignorance, that tho popery and slavery be riding in upon them, do not perceive it; tho I am sure there was no man born marked of God above another, for none comes into the world with a saddle on his back, neither any booted and spurred to ride him.”

Men World May Born Generations Ignorance Slavery Perceive Riding Deluded Saddles Ugh

Author:Richard Rumbold

“Eve was not a born know-all. She was ignorant. But she was a good learner.”

Knows Born Ignorant Learners

Book:The 'Language Instinct' Debate: Revised Edition

Source: The 'Language Instinct' Debate: Revised Edition

“My young men shall never work. Men who work cannot dream, and wisdom comes to us in dreams.”

Men Dream Young Young Man

Author:Smohalla

“My young men shall never work, men who work cannot dream; and wisdom comes to us in dreams. You ask me to plow the ground. Shall I take a knife and tear my mothers breast? Then when I die she will not take me to her bosom to rest. You ask me to dig for stone. Shall I dig under her skin for her bones? Then when I die I cannot enter her body to be born again. You ask me to cut grass and make hay and sell it and be rich like white men. But how dare I cut off my mother's hair.”

“Violence in our society has reached epidemic proportions. ... Violence in the media for entertainment purposes has been established as a major contributing factor.”

Has Beens Purpose Violence Media Majors Entertainment Factors Proportion Our Society Contributing Epidemics Media Violence

Author:Deborah Prothrow-Stith

“The gay rights movement is not a party. It is not a lifestyle. It is not a hair style. It is not a fad or a fringe or a sickness. It is not about sin or salvation. The gay rights movement is an integral part of the American promise of freedom.”

Sin Party Rights Style Movement Hair Promise Gay Salvation Lifestyle Sickness Fringe Gay Rights Fads

Author:Urvashi Vaid

“The LGBT movement has been coopted by the very institutions it once sought to transform.”

Has Beens Movement Institutions Lgbt

Author:Urvashi Vaid

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