“Many of the narratives can only tend to excite ideas the worst calculated for a female breast: Every thing is called plainly and roundly by its name; and the annals of a Brothel would scarcely furnish a greater choice of indecent expressions. Yet this is the Book, which young Women are recommended to study.” BookIdeasYoungChoicesNamesStudyGreaterWorstExpressionFemaleNarrativeBreastsYoung WomenBrothels Book:The Monk Source: The Monk
“Boredom is the most sublime of all human emotions because it expresses the fact that the human spirit, in a certain sense, is greater than the entire universe. Boredom is an expression of a profound despair at not finding anything that can satisfy the soul's boundless needs.” NeedsHumansSoulFactsSpiritCertainUniverseEmotionGreaterExpressionDespairFindingsProfoundBoredomSublimeHuman SpiritBoundlessHuman Emotions Author:Giacomo Leopardi
“Many of the finest and most interesting emotions perish forever, because too complex and fugitive for expression. Of all things relating to man, his feelings are perhaps the most evanescent, the greater part dying in the moment of their birth. But while emotions perish, thought blended in diction is immortal.” MenMomentsFeelingsInterestingEmotionForeverGreaterDyingExpressionBirthAll ThingsComplexesImmortalFinestMost InterestingFugitiveDiction Author:William Benton Clulow
“Emancipation should make it possible for woman to be human in the truest sense. Everything within her that craves assertion and activity should reach its fullest expression; all artificial barriers should be broken, and the road towards greater freedom cleared of every trace of centuries of submission and slavery.” ShouldHumansGreaterCenturyExpressionBrokenActivitySlaveryBarriersArtificialWomens RightsSubmissionCraveAssertionTruestEmancipation Book:Emma Goldman Source: Emma Goldman
“When you're dating, abstinence is a greater expression of love than making love, because you're doing what's best for your beloved, not just what feels good in the moment.” FeelsMomentsLove IsGreaterExpressionDatingFeel GoodBelovedMaking LoveAbstinenceExpressions Of Love Author:Jason Evert
“The security of the Nation is not at the ramparts alone, Security also lies in the value of our free institutions. A cantankerous press, an obstinate press, a ubiquitous press must be suffered by those in authority in order to preserve the even greater values of freedom of expression and the right of the people to know.” PeopleKnowsLyingValuesOrderNationsGreaterSecurityExpressionAuthorityInstitutionsPressesPreservesFreedom Of ExpressionObstinate Author:Murray Gurfein