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A race horse needs only a touch of the whip; a clever person needs only a hint. A race horse needs only a touch of the whip; a clever person needs only a hint.

unknown author

cleverness | understanding | hints

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We were soundly taught and the curriculum carried no hint that we were young women and not young men. We were not corrupted by hom... - MORE We were soundly taught and the curriculum carried no hint that we were young women and not young men. We were not corrupted by home economics or dressmaking or cookery or any such soft substitute for hard thinking. We were compelled to take sciences whether we liked them or not, and mathematics and Latin were emphasized and excellently administered. Each year the student body petitioned for a course in home economics, for in that day no girl thought it possible that she might not marry, and each year the faculty sternly refused to yield to the request.

Pearl S. Buck

education of females | Randolph-Macon College

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... the Hatter [said], tossing his head contemptuously. "I dare say you never even spoke to Time!"
"Perhaps not," Alice cauti... - MORE ... the Hatter [said], tossing his head contemptuously. "I dare say you never even spoke to Time!"
"Perhaps not," Alice cautiously replied; "but I know I have to beat time when I learn music."
"Ah! That accounts for it," said the Hatter. "He wo'n't stand beating. Now, if you only kept on good terms with him, he'd do almost anything you liked with the clock. for instance, suppose it were nine o'clock in the morning, just in time to begin lessons: you'd only have to whisper a hint to Time, and round goes the clock in a twinkling! Half past one, time for dinner!"
I rarely disobeyed Daddy, both because of my respect for him and because I knew that punishment for my transgressions would be certain and sometimes severe.

Jimmy Carter

fathers | punishment | duty

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Although my parents have never been the kind to hint around about grandchildren, I can think of no better tribute to them than giv... - MORE Although my parents have never been the kind to hint around about grandchildren, I can think of no better tribute to them than giving them some.... I can't help thinking that the cycle is not complete until I can introduce them to a child of their child. And I can think of no better comfort when they are gone than to know that something of them lives on, not only in me but in my children.

Anne Cassidy

grandparents/grandparenting | dreams | generations

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Men are much more unwilling to have their weaknesses and their imperfections known, than their crimes; and, if you hint to a man t... - MORE Men are much more unwilling to have their weaknesses and their imperfections known, than their crimes; and, if you hint to a man that you think him silly, ignorant or even ill-bred or awkward, he will hate you more and longer than it you tell him plainly that you think him a rogue.

Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield, 4th Earl

human nature | weakness | candor

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I dream of vague shapes that hint of my heart's desire. I dream of vague shapes that hint of my heart's desire.

Mason Cooley

desire

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I revere the memory of Mr. F. as an estimable man and most indulgent husband, only necessary to mention Asparagus and it appeared ... - MORE I revere the memory of Mr. F. as an estimable man and most indulgent husband, only necessary to mention Asparagus and it appeared or to hint at any little delicate thing to drink and it came like magic in a pint bottle; it was not ecstasy but it was comfort.

Charles Dickens

husbands

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Our life seems not present, so much as prospective; not for the affairs on which it is wasted, but as a hint of this vast- flowing... - MORE Our life seems not present, so much as prospective; not for the affairs on which it is wasted, but as a hint of this vast- flowing vigor.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

present, the

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Let the maiden, with erect soul, walk serenely on her way, accept the hint of each new experience, search in turn all the objects ... - MORE Let the maiden, with erect soul, walk serenely on her way, accept the hint of each new experience, search in turn all the objects that solicit her eye, that she may learn the power and charm of her new-born being, which is the kindling of a new dawn in the recesses of space.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

women

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Let us not be too much acquainted. I would have a man enter his house through a hall filled with heroic and sacred sculptures, tha... - MORE Let us not be too much acquainted. I would have a man enter his house through a hall filled with heroic and sacred sculptures, that he might not want the hint of tranquillity and self-poise.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

houses and homes | relationships

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