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As her sons have seen her: the mother in patriarchy: controlling, erotic, castrating, heart-suffering, guilt-ridden, and guilt-provoking; a marble brow, a huge breast, an avid cave; between her legs snakes, swamp-grass, or teeth; on her lap a helpless infant or a martyred son. She exists for one purpose: to bear and nourish the son. – Adrienne Rich	added by anonymous 10 years ago
Indulge not thyself in the passion of anger; it is whetting a sword to wound thine own breast, or murder thy friend. – Akhenaten	added by anonymous 10 years ago
But curb thou the high spirit in thy breast, for gentle ways are best, and keep aloof from sharp contentions. – Homer	added by anonymous 10 years ago
No one understands my ills, nor the terror that fills my breast, who does not know the heart of a mother. – Marie Antoinette	added by anonymous 10 years ago
Safe in thy breast close lock up thy intents, For he that knows thy purpose best prevents. – Randolph	added by anonymous 12 years ago
I hate the miser, whose unsocial breast Locks from the world his useless stores. Wealth by the bounteous only is enjoyed, Whose treasures, in diffusive good employed, The rich return of fame and friends procure, And ?gainst a sad reverse a safe retreat secure. – Pindar	added by anonymous 12 years ago
Whoever has the seed of virtue and honour implanted in his breast will drop a sympathising tear on the woes of his neighbour. – Nakhshabi	added by anonymous 12 years ago
If our inward griefs were written on our brows, how many who are envied now would be pitied. It would seem that they had their deadliest foe in their own breast, and their whole happiness would be reduced to mere seeming. – Metastasio	added by anonymous 12 years ago
My mother-in-law had a pain beneath her left breast. Turned out to be a trick knee. – Phyllis Diller	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Music has charms to soothe the savage breast To soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak. – William Congreve, The Mourning Bride, Act 1 Scene 1	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Every author, however modest, keeps a most outrageous vanity chained like a madman in the padded cell of his breast. – Logan Pearsall Smith	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Ambition drove many men to become false; to have one thought locked in the breast, another ready on the tongue. – Sallust, The War with Catiline	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Ambition is so powerful a passion in the human breast, that however high we reach we are never satisfied. – Niccolo Machiavelli	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire, called conscience. – George Washington	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Ambition drove many men to become false to have one thought locked in the breast, another ready on the tongue. – Sallust	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Music hath charms to soothe a savage breast, To soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak.N.B. This quote is commonly misquoted as savage beast. – William Congreve	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Music has charms to soothe the savage breast To soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak. – William Congreve	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Do thou restrain the haughty spirit in thy breast, for better far is gentle courtesy. – Homer	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience. – George Washington	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Harriet What do you look for in a woman you date Charlie Well, I know everyone always says sense of humor, but I'd really have to go with breast size. – So I Married an Axe Murderer	added by anonymous 14 years ago
For the sword outwears its sheath, And the soul wears out the breast, And the heart must pause for breathe, And love itself have rest – Lord Byron	added by anonymous 14 years ago

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