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Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.

George EliotAdam Bede

What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other?

George EliotMiddlemarch

It is never too late to be what you might have been.

George EliotVarious attributed

I shall but love thee better after death.

Elizabeth Barrett BrowningSonnets from the Portuguese 43

I love thee freely, as men strive for right; I love thee purely, as they turn from praise.

Elizabeth Barrett BrowningSonnets from the Portuguese 43

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach.

Elizabeth Barrett BrowningSonnets from the Portuguese 43

He's more myself than I am. Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.

Emily BrontëWuthering Heights

My love for Heathcliff resembles the eternal rocks beneath: a source of little visible delight, but necessary.

Emily BrontëWuthering Heights

Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.

Emily BrontëWuthering Heights

Conventionality is not morality. Self-righteousness is not religion.

Charlotte BrontëJane Eyre (Preface)

Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless? You think wrong!

Charlotte BrontëJane Eyre

I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being, with an independent will.

Charlotte BrontëJane Eyre

Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.

Frederick DouglassNarrative of the Life

I prayed for freedom for twenty years, but received no answer until I prayed with my legs.

Frederick DouglassAutobiography

If there is no struggle, there is no progress.

Frederick DouglassVarious speeches

It is justice, not charity, that is wanting in the world.

Mary WollstonecraftA Vindication of the Rights of Woman

Taught from infancy that beauty is woman's sceptre, the mind shapes itself to the body, and roaming round its gilt cage, only seeks to adorn its prison.

Mary WollstonecraftA Vindication of the Rights of Woman

I do not wish them [women] to have power over men; but over themselves.

Mary WollstonecraftA Vindication of the Rights of Woman

You are to be proud of your enemy; then the success of your enemy is your success also.

Inazō NitobeBushido: The Soul of Japan

The tripod that supported the framework of Bushido was said to be Chi, Jin, Yu, respectively Wisdom, Benevolence, and Courage.

Inazō NitobeBushido: The Soul of Japan

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