Author: Mary Ritter Beard

Quotes

It's only very recently that women have succeeded in entering those professions which, as Muses, they typified for the Greeks.

It's only very recently that women have succeeded in entering those professions which, as Muses, they typified for the Greeks.

- Mary Ritter Beard

Viewed narrowly, all life is universal hunger and an expression of energy associated with it.

Viewed narrowly, all life is universal hunger and an expression of energy associated with it.

- Mary Ritter Beard

One must learn, if one is to see the beauty in Japan, to like an extraordinarily restrained and delicate loveliness.

One must learn, if one is to see the beauty in Japan, to like an extraordinarily restrained and delicate loveliness.

- Mary Ritter Beard

The dogma of woman's complete historical subjection to men must be rated as one of the most fantastic myths ever created by the human mind.

The dogma of woman's complete historical subjection to men must be rated as one of the most fantastic myths ever created by the human mind.

- Mary Ritter Beard

Wherever we go, across the Pacific or Atlantic, we meet, not similarity so much as 'the bizarre'. Things astonish us, when we travel, that surprise nobody else.

Wherever we go, across the Pacific or Atlantic, we meet, not similarity so much as 'the bizarre'. Things astonish us, when we travel, that surprise nobody else.

- Mary Ritter Beard

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