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“Women [in ancient Rome] were condemned to the perpetual tutelage of parents, husbands, or guardians; a sex created to please and obey was never supposed to have attained the age of reason and experience. Such, at least, was the stern and haughty spirit of the ancient law . . .”

Book:The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

This seminal work provides an in-depth exploration of the political, social, and economic factors that contributed to the fall of one of the greatest empires in history. more

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Edward Gibbon

Edward Gibbon was an English historian renowned for his magnum opus, 'The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'. His work has had a profound impact on historical studies. more

“No one attached to the traditional image of authoritarian patriarchy could imagine the consternation men endure. They have suffered an unexpected blow to the emotional quality of their lives. Its gravity has not been calculated. They have far fewer reliable links than women to the classic currents of family life. They are alienated not only, as Marx said, from the means of production but also from the means of reproduction.”

Men Mean Said Quality Imagine Emotional Endure Blow Currents Productions Traditional Classic Unexpected Links Fewer Gravity Patriarchy Family Life Reproduction Consternation

Author:Lionel Tiger

“Only the stupefying ignorance of young women prevents them from comprehending the stupefying emptiness of the men who cluster round them.”

Men Young Ignorance He Man Rounds Emptiness Young Women Clusters Comprehending

Author:Richard Brookhiser

“The young women who attract so much attention never change: They are all stupid. They have at best only the crudest notions of their own power, and never calculate motives or consequences. Giving a young woman a young woman's body makes as much sense as giving ten teenagers Lamborghinis and telling them to drive in figure 8s around a parking lot.”

Giving Body Young Attention Stupid Figures Ten Consequence Notion Teenager Motive Young Women Never Change Parking Women's Bodies Parking Lot

Author:Richard Brookhiser

“That is the really great thing about being an adult male, once you get married and have children the whole decision-making process is taken out of your hands, and I for one am extremely grateful.”

Children Whole Hands Process Decision Taken Married Adults Grateful Males Great Things Decision Making Really Great Decision Making Process

Author:P. J. O'Rourke

“He [Mencken] was an autodidact, with all the misplaced confidence and all the astonishing gaps that characterize that breed. Not many of us would venture to write a book about democracy without ever having read de Tocqueville, nor embark on a translation of Nietzsche with only a sketchy knowledge of German.”

Writing Book Democracy Gaps Venture Translations Astonishing Misplaced Sketchy

Author:John Derbyshire

“The progress of manufactures and commerce insensibly collects a large multitude within the walls of a city: but these citizens are no longer soldiers; and the arts which adorn and improve the state of civil society, corrupt the habits of the military life.”

Art States Cities Progress Military Wall Habit Citizens Soldier Commerce Multitudes Civil Society Military Life

Book:The Collected Works of Edward Gibbon: Historical Works, Autobiographical Writings and Private Letters, Including The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

Source: The Collected Works of Edward Gibbon: Historical Works, Autobiographical Writings and Private Letters, Including The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

“[A] military force was collected in Europe, formidable by their arms and numbers, if the generals had understood the science of command, and the soldiers the duty of obedience.”

Ifs Force Numbers Military Duty Arms Understood Europe Soldier Command Obedience Formidable Military Force

Book:The Student's Gibbon: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

Source: The Student's Gibbon: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

“What man ever blamed himself for his misfortune?”

Men Misfortunes

Book:The Forgotten Man and Other Essays

Source: The Forgotten Man and Other Essays

“It doesn't matter about money; having it, not having it. Or having clothes, or not having them. You're still left alone with yourself in the end.”

Stills Ends Matter Left Money Clothes Saving Money Left Alone Change Your Attitude Old Money

Author:Billy Idol

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