Let us eat, drink, and love for tomorrow we die, would be in fact the language of reason, the morality of life; and who but a fool would part with a reality for a fleeting shadow?
MARY WOLLSTONECRAFTStrengthen the female mind by enlarging it, and there will be an end to blind obedience.
More Mary Wollstonecraft Quotes
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It may be impossible to convince women that the illegitimate power which they obtain by degrading themselves is a curse.
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We must all be in love once in our lives.
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Like the flowers that are planted in too rich a soil, strength and usefulness are sacrificed to beauty.
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Still the men stand up for the dignity of man, by oppressing the women.
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In short, women, in general, as well as the rich of both sexes, have acquired all the follies and vices of civilization, and missed the useful fruit.
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It is justice, not charity, that is wanting in the world!
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The beginning is always today.
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All power inebriates weak man; and its abuse proves that the more equality there is established among men, the more virtue and happiness will reign in society.
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Errors are often useful; but it is commonly to remedy other errors.
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Men who are inferior to their fellow men, are always most anxious to establish their superiority over women.
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Pope’s summary of their character to be just, that every woman is at heart a rake.
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My dreams were all my own; I accounted for them to nobody; they were my refuge when annoyed – my dearest pleasure when free.
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Rousseau exerts himself to prove that all was right originally: a crowd of authors that all is now right: and I, that all will be right.
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I never wanted but your heart-that gone, you have nothing more to give.
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It appears necessary to go back to first principles in search of the most simple truths, and to dispute with some prevailing prejudice every inch of ground.
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