We must all be in love once in our lives.
MARY WOLLSTONECRAFTBut let me now stop; I may be a little partial, and view every thing with the jaundiced eye of melancholy – for I am sad – and have cause.
More Mary Wollstonecraft Quotes
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Only by the jostlings of equality can we form a just opinion of ourselves.
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The beginning is always today.
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All the sacred rights of humanity are violated by insisting on blind obedience.
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Let woman share the rights, and she will emulate the virtues of man; for she must grow more perfect when emancipated, or justify the authority that chains such a weak being to her duty.
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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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But let me now stop; I may be a little partial, and view every thing with the jaundiced eye of melancholy – for I am sad – and have cause.
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The man who had some virtue whilst he was struggling for a crown, often becomes a voluptuous tyrant when it graces his brow.
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Thus do we wish as we float down the stream of life, whilst chance does.
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Some women govern their husbands without degrading themselves, because intellect will always govern.
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I do not wish them women to have power over men; but over themselves.
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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 wish to show that elegance is inferior to virtue, that the first object of laudable ambition is to obtain a character as a human being, regardless of the distinction of sex.
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Simplicity and sincerity generally go hand in hand, as both proceed from a love of truth.
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Nature in everything demands respect, and those who violate her laws seldom violate them with impunity.
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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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