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My conscience is clear and I shall not fear the light of day.

— Gabriela Zapolska Moralność pani Dulskiej (1906)

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Each and every suicide must be mad, must have lost her sense of morality, her faith in the omnipresence of God.

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Every woman is a pianoforte – only one must know how to play her.

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A woman ought to proceed through life calmly and quietly.

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A woman does not need to adorn herself underneath for her husband, young sir.

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Stop daubing yourself with paint, because you look like an old tenement building patched up for the emperor's grand parade.

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