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Quote by Muriel Lester

“It's obvious that five days is just enough to give one a false impression of any country.”

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Muriel Lester is an individual whose identity and profession remain unclear. Born on February 11, 1968, details about her life and achievements are limited. more

“Before I myself went to college I had never seen but one college woman. I had heard that such a woman was staying at the house of an acquaintance. I went to see her with fear. Even if she had appeared in hoofs and horns I was determined to go to college all the same. But it was a relief to find this Vassar graduate tall and handsome and dressed like other women.”

Ifs House Education Heard College Determined Relief Staying Tall Graduates Handsome Acquaintance Horns

Author:M. Carey Thomas

“in intellect there is no sex.”

Sex Intellect

Author:M. Carey Thomas

“I wish the air were pure oxygen, and then as it says in our chemistry book, our life would sweep through its fevered burning course in a few hours and we would live in a perfect delirium of excitement and would die vibrating with passion, for anything would be better than this lazy sluggish life.”

Book Would Be Dies Passion Courses Wish Hours Perfect Our Lives Air Pure Burning Excitement Lazy Chemistry Oxygen Delirium Sluggish

Author:M. Carey Thomas

“when a poem says something that could not have been said in any other way, in music, prose, sculpture, movement or paint, then it is poetry.”

Way Has Beens Said Poetry Movement Paint Prose Sculpture

Author:Sybil Marshall

“And strictly forbid that any quarrelling be at your meals.”

Meals

Author:Robert Grosseteste

“Boredom is the specter that haunts children from kindergarten to graduation on every continent.”

Children Education Boredom Continents Kindergarten

Book:The Smartest Kids in the World: And How They Got That Way

Source: The Smartest Kids in the World: And How They Got That Way

“Ah, Ireland... That damnable, delightful country, where everything that is right is the opposite of what it ought to be.”

Country Ought Opposites Ireland Delightful

Author:Benjamin Disraeli

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