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“A woman with fair opportunities, and without an absolute hump, may marry whom she likes. Only let us be thankful that the darlings are like the beasts of the field, and don't know their own power. They would overcome us entirely if they did.”

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Book:Vanity Fair: A Novel Without a Hero

Source: Vanity Fair: A Novel Without a Hero

“And the true order of going, or being led by another, to the things of love, is to begin from the beauties of earth and mount upwards for the sake of that other beauty, using these steps only, and from one going on to two, and from two to all fair forms to fair practices, and from fair practices to fair notions, until from fair notions he arrives at the notion of absolute beauty, and at last knows what the essence of beauty is.”

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Book:The Portable Plato

Source: The Portable Plato

“I was elected by the Australian people to bring back a fair go for all Australians. I have given my absolute best to do that.”

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Author:Kevin Rudd

“A woman with fair opportunities, and without an absolute hump, may marry WHOM SHE LIKES.”

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Book:Vanity Fair

Source: Vanity Fair

“For contemplation he and valour formed; / For softness she and sweet attractive grace, / He for God only, she for God in him: / His fair large front and eye sublime declared / Absolute rule.”

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Author:John Milton

“The mere word freedom is the only one that still excites me. I deem it capable of indefinitely sustaining the old human fanaticism. It doubtless satisfies my only legitimate aspiration. Among all the many misfortunes to which we are heir, it is only fair to admit that we are allowed the greatest degree of freedom of thought. It is up to us not to misuse it. To reduce the imagination to a state of slavery-even though it would mean the elimination of what is commonly called happiness-is to betray all sense of absolute justice within oneself.”