“… in any war a victory means another war, and yet another, until some day inevitably the tides turn, and the victor is the vanquished, and the circle reverses itself, but remains nevertheless a circle.”

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“… every event has had its cause, and nothing, not the least wind that blows, is accident or causeless. To understand what happens now one must find the cause, which may be very long ago in its beginning, but is surely there, and therefore a knowledge of history as detailed as possible is essential if we are to comprehend the past and be prepared for the future.”

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Submitted by Quonation |Category: History
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“Let woman out of the home, let man into it, should be the aim of education. The home needs man, and the world outside needs woman.”

Pearl S. Buck
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“I learned early to understand that there is no such condition in human affairs as absolute truth. There is only truth as people see it, and truth, even in fact, may be kaleidoscopic in its variety. The damage such perception did to me I have felt ever since … I could never belong entirely to one side of any question.”

Pearl S. Buck
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“The root of the discontent in American women is that they are too well educated…. There will be no real content among American women unless they are made and kept more ignorant or unless they are given equal opportunity with men to use what they have been taught. And American men will not be really happy until their women are.”

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“If you want to understand today, you have to search yesterday.”

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Submitted by Quonation |Category: Understanding
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“Men would rather be starving and free than fed in bonds.”

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Submitted by Quonation |Category: Slavery
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“To serve is beautiful, but only if it is done with joy and a whole heart and a free mind.”

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“Praise out of season, or tactlessly bestowed, can freeze the heart as much as blame.”

Pearl S. Buck
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“Nothing and no one can destroy the Chinese people. They are relentless survivors.”

Pearl S. Buck
Submitted by Quonation |Category: General
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“Love alone could waken love.”

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“Love dies only when growth stops.”

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“Growth itself contains the germ of happiness.”

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Submitted by Quonation |Category: Growth
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“Man was lost if he went to a usurer, for the interest ran faster than a tiger upon him.”

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“Perhaps one has to be very old before one learns to be amused rather than shocked.”

Pearl S. Buck
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Age