“A man is educated and turned out to work. But a woman is educated — and turned out to grass.”

— Pearl S. Buck, Of Men and Women, 1941, Ch. 4

About Pearl S. Buck

1892 – 1973

American novelist, Nobel laureate in Literature (1938), author of "The Good Earth".

“The really brave man simply acts brave—he doesn't have to talk about it.”

“Men and women should own the world as a mutual possession.”

“All things are possible until they are proved impossible — and even the impossible may only be so, as of now.”

“A bad book is as much of a labour to write as a good one; it comes as sincerely from the author's soul.”

“Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence.”

“Learning without thought is labour lost; thought without learning is perilous.”

“The wisest man may be wiser to-day than he was yesterday, and to-morrow than he is to-day.”

“What a piece of work is a man! How noble in reason, how infinite in faculty!”

“Give thyself time to learn something new and good, and cease to be whirled around.”