Quote#Truth
The record of the race, hitherto accepted as the truth about…
Quote byElizabeth Bisland · 1861–1929
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: On men and women, A Candle of Understanding..
English (original)
The record of the race, hitherto accepted as the truth about ourselves, has been the story of facts and conditions as the male saw them – or wished to see them... No secret has been so well-kept as the secret of what women have thought about life.
— Elizabeth Bisland
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