Quotes by Scylla Man's world' and 'woman's place' have confronted each other since Scylla first faced Charybdis. ... if women have only a place, clearly the rest of the world must belong to someone else and, therefore, in default of God, to men. Elizabeth Janeway scylla men world Making mathematics accessible to the educated layman, while keeping high scientific standards, has always been considered a treacherous navigation between the Scylla of professional contempt and the Charybdis of public misunderstanding. Gian-Carlo Rota scylla navigation mathematics He talks about the Scylla of Atheism and the Charybdis of Christianity - a state of mind which, by the way, is not conducive to bold navigation. Norman Douglas scylla atheism mind The rich have become richer, and the poor have become poorer; and the vessel of the state is driven between the Scylla and Charybdis of anarchy and despotism. Percy Bysshe Shelley scylla anarchy rich The petitioner's problem is to avoid Scylla without being drawn into Charybdis. Robert H. Jackson charybdis scylla problem Anxiety and Ennui are the Scylla and Charybdis on which the bark of human happiness is most often wrecked. William Edward Hartpole Lecky scylla bark anxiety