Without the support from religion--remember, we talked about it--no father, using only his own resources, would be able to bring up a child.
Leo TolstoyWoman is more impressionable than man. Therefore in the Golden Age they were better than men. Now they are worse.
Leo TolstoyA man can spend several hours sitting cross-legged in the same position if he knows that noting prevents him from changing it; but if he knows that he has to sit with his legs crossed like that, he will get cramps, his legs will twitch and strain towards where he would like to stretch them.
Leo Tolstoy