#rage

There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#life #only #other #tragedies #two

All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#does #his #like #man #mothers

Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that there are terrible temptations which it requires strength, strength and courage to yield to. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#i #really #requires #strength #tell

Father had notions about manhood suffrage, public schools, the education and the elevation of the masses, and the gradual emancipation of the slaves, that did not suit the uncompromising views of people in places like Richmond. ↗

— John Sergeant Wise

#did #education #elevation #emancipation #father

Correction does much, but encouragement does more. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

#does #encouragement #more #much

You get tragedy where the tree, instead of bending, breaks. ↗

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

#breaks #get #instead #tragedy #tree

Used to be, conservatives revered the Average American, that Norman Rockwell oil painting of diner food, humble faith, honest toil, and Capraesque virtue. ↗

— James Wolcott

#average #average american #conservatives #diner #faith

Suffrage is a common right of citizenship. Women have the right of suffrage. Logically it cannot be escaped. ↗

— Victoria Woodhull

#citizenship #common #escaped #logically #right

Why is a woman to be treated differently? Woman suffrage will succeed, despite this miserable guerilla opposition. ↗

— Victoria Woodhull

#differently #guerilla #miserable #opposition #succeed

Deep Throat's information, and in my view, courage, allowed the newspaper to use what he knew and suspected. ↗

— Bob Woodward

#courage #deep #information #knew #newspaper