"I was sent to a finishing school, which didn't last long when mother found out how badly chaperoned we were. Then I 'came out' before going to a domestic science school."
-Mary Wesley
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"Women's courage is rather different from men's. The fact that women have to bring up children and look after husbands makes them braver at facing long-term issues, such as illness. Men are more immediately courageous. Lots of people are brave in battle.“
-Mary Wesley
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"I want to encourage our people, to educate our people to have the courage to understand and fight for their rights."
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"There can be a fundamental gulf of gracelessness in a human heart which neither our love nor our courage can bridge."
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"Resignation is the courage of Christian sorrow."
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