Elizabeth Elton Smith Quotes

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There is an applause superior to that of the multitude — one's own.

Elizabeth Elton Smith

Many men have withstood an argument who fell before a sarcasm.

Elizabeth Elton Smith

Temptation almost always assails us at the point where we thought no defense necessary.

Elizabeth Elton Smith

Men are not liberal enough to reduce their philosophical theories to practice where woman is concerned. They desire that she should remain where they, or destiny, — which is but opinion and circumstance, — have placed her.

Elizabeth Elton Smith

Man is educated for action — we for endurance; and the same verb is conjugated very differently, you know, in the active and passive voice.

Elizabeth Elton Smith

Where he knew he had much to conceal, he thought it necessary to profess much.

Elizabeth Elton Smith

Your sex are placed in so unjust a position here, that it is policy to ensure their submission by presenting to them a religion which promises them an equality with their oppressors hereafter.

Elizabeth Elton Smith

The world may forgive a woman for being handsome, — even for being witty, — but not for entertaining opinions different from its own.

Elizabeth Elton Smith