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“What is birth to a man if it shall be a stain to his dead ancestors to have left such an offspring?”

Ifs Men Left Birth Ancestor Stains Offspring Ancestry

Book:Aphorisms of Sir Philip Sidney: With Remarks

Source: Aphorisms of Sir Philip Sidney: With Remarks

“There are women vain of advantages not connected with their persons, such as birth, rank, and fortune; it is difficult to feel less the dignity of the sex. The origin of all women may be called celestial, for their power is the offspring of the gifts of Nature; by yielding to pride and ambition they soon destroy the magic of their charms.”

Feels May Persons Sex Difficult Magic Pride Birth Ambition Advantage Dignity Fortune Connected Vanity Vain Charm Celestial Offspring

Author:Madame de Stael

“Women who are with child should be careful of themselves; they should take exercise and have a nourishing diet. The first of these prescriptions the legislator will easily carry into effect by requiring that they should take a walk daily to some temple, where they can worship the gods who preside over birth. Their minds, however, unlike their bodies, they ought to keep quiet, for the offspring derive their natures from their mothers as plants do from earth.”

Source: Aristotle's Politics: Writings from the Complete Works: Politics, Economics, Constitution of Athens

“Humans became easy prey when they moved from the forest to the savanna, which deprived them of the option of climbing trees to flee predators. This shift made it necessary for the men to actively protect the women and their babies. Only as a result of this protection were women able to give birth in shorter intervals, perhaps once every two or three years. This meant that they could produce offspring about twice as frequently as apes. I would be willing to bet that this rapid reproduction is one of the reasons why we dominate the world today, and not the apes.”

“Women are more proactive. By their nature, they're genetically designed to nurture their offspring. Men have always been the hunters in their society. But it's changing. Women are now doing two things: They're building companies and they're giving birth to kids.”

Men Giving Two Kids Company Building Birth Two Things Nurture Hunters Offspring Proactive Giving Birth

Author:Horst Rechelbacher

“Our parents, worse than our grandparents, gave birth to us who are worse than they, and we shall in our turn bear offspring still more evil.”

Stills Turns Evil Parent Bears Birth Grandparent Offspring

Author:Horace

“Among mammals, a virgin birth (parthenogenesis) can only produce female offspring, for chromosomal reasons. Messiahs are mammals. Therefore, Jesus was... On the other hand, among turkeys, the chromosomal situation is such that all products of virgin birth are males. So if Jesus was a male, he might also have been.”

Ifs Has Beens Reason Hands Might Jesus Situation Atheism Produce Products Birth Female Males Virgins Turkeys Offspring Messiah Mammals Virgin Birth

Author:Frank Zindler

“With the offspring of genius, the law of parturition is reversed; the throes are in the conception, the pleasure in the birth.”

Law Pleasure Talent Birth Genius Conception Offspring

Book:Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think

Source: Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think