The lessons taught in great books are misleading. The commerce in life is rarely so simple and never so just.
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In real life, it is the hare who wins. Every time. Look around you. And in any case it is my contention that Aesop was writing for the tortoise market. Hares have no time to read. They are too busy winning the game.
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A complete woman is probably not a very admirable creature. She is manipulative, uses other people to get her own way, and works within whatever system she is in.
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It will be a pity if women in the more conventional mould are to be phased out, for there will never be anyone to go home to.
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