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Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed. The entire universe need not arm itself to crush him. A vapour, a drop of water, suffices to kill him. But if the universe were to crush him, man would still be more noble than that which killed him, because he knows that he dies and the advantage which the universe has over him; the universe knows nothing of this.: Blaise Pascal (1623 - 1662), quoted by Rebecca West in BLACK LAMB AND GREY FALCON: A JOURNEY THROUGH YUGOSLAVIA, 1940
Man is a hating rather than a loving animal.: Rebecca West (1892 - 1983)
The main difference between men and women is that men are lunatics and women are idiots.: Rebecca West (1892 - 1983)
Journalism is the ability to meet the challenge of filling space.: Rebecca West (1892 - 1983)
Before a war military science seems a real science, like astronomy; but after a war it seems more like astrology.: Rebecca West (1892 - 1983)

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People call me feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat or a prostitute.: Rebecca West (1892 - 1983)

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Before a war, military science seems a real science, like astronomy. After a war it seems more like astrology.: Dame Rebecca West
The main difference between men and women is that men are lunatics and women are idiots.: Rebecca West (1892 - 1983)
People call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat or a prostitute.: Rebecca West (1892 - 1983)
God forbid that any book should be banned. The practice is as indefensible as infanticide.: Rebecca West (1892 - 1983)

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