Men have always been afraid that women could get along without them.
MARGARET MEADNo country that permits firearms to be widely and randomly distributed among its population – especially firearms that are capable of wounding and killing human beings – can expect to escape violence, and a great deal of violence.
More Margaret Mead Quotes
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People are still encouraged to marry as if they could count on marriage being for life, and at the same time they are absorbing a knowledge of the great frequency of divorce.
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Manners, really good ones, make it possible to live with almost anyone, gracefully and pleasantly.
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Having two bathrooms ruined the capacity to co-operate.
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When a person is born we rejoice, and when they’re married we jubilate, but when they die we try to pretend nothing has happened.
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Monogamous heterosexual love is probably one of the most difficult, complex and demanding of human relationships.
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Warfare is just an invention, older and more widespread than the jury system, but none the less an invention.
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We must have a place where children can have a whole group of adults they can trust.
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The anonymity of the city is one of its strengths as well as – carried too far – one of its weaknesses.
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There is no lonelier person than the one who lives with a spouse with whom he or she cannot communicate.
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For the very first time the young are seeing history being made before it is censored by their elders.
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I was wise enough to never grow up while fooling most people into believing I had.
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WE MUST DEVISE A SYSTEM IN WHICH PEACE IS MORE REWARDING THAN WAR.
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It is easier to change a man’s religion than to change his diet.
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A woman, even a brilliant woman, must have two qualities in order to fulfill her promise: more energy than mere mortals, and the ability to outwit her culture.
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It used to be when we said, ”til death do us part,’ death parted us pretty soon. That’s why marriages used to last forever. Everybody was dead.
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