“The mother of useful arts is necessity; that of the fine arts is luxury. For father the former has intellect; the latter genius, which itself is a kind of luxury.” KindArtMotherFatherFineGeniusArt IsIntellectLuxuryFormerLatterFine Arts Author:Arthur Schopenhauer
“It is well for us that we are born babies in intellect. Could we understand half what mothers say and do to their infants, we should be filled with a conceit of our own importance, which would render us insupportable through life. Happy the boy whose mother is tired of talking nonsense to him before he is old enough to know the sense of it.” KnowsShouldWellsEnoughMotherBornHalfTalkingBoysBabyImportanceFilledTiredIntellectNonsenseHappy LifeInfantConceitTalking Nonsense Author:Augustus William Hare
“It is well for us that we are born babies in intellect. Could we understand half what mothers say and do to their infants, we should be filled with a conceit of our own importance, which would render us insupportable through life.” ShouldWellsMotherBornInspiringHalfBabyImportanceFilledIntellectInfantMothers DayConceit Author:Augustus Hare
“Why is it every careerist tries to turn his mother into a Madonna--to prove his intellect is a virgin birth, papa had nothing to do with it? It's the sign of the misogynist.” TryingMotherTurnsBirthProveIntellectMisogynyVirginsPapaVirgin Birth Book:For Love Alone Source: For Love Alone