Friendship is a serious affection; the most sublime of all affections, because it is founded on principle, and cemented by time.
MARY WOLLSTONECRAFTPope’s summary of their character to be just, that every woman is at heart a rake.
More Mary Wollstonecraft Quotes
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Simplicity and sincerity generally go hand in hand, as both proceed from a love of truth.
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Strengthen the female mind by enlarging it, and there will be an end to blind obedience.
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The being who patiently endures injustice, and silently bears insults, will soon become unjust, or unable to discern right from wrong.
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I have sighed when obliged to confess that either Nature has made a great difference between man and man, or that the civilization which has hitherto taken place in the world has been very partial.
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I like to see your eyes praise me and, during such recitals, there are interruptions, not ungrateful to the heart, when the honey that drops from the lips is not merely words.
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A little patience, and all will be over.
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It is far better to be often deceived than never to trust; to be disappointed in love, than never to love.
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Some women govern their husbands without degrading themselves, because intellect will always govern.
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The education of women has of late been more attended to than formerly; yet they are still reckoned a frivolous sex, and ridiculed or pitied by the writers who endavour by satire or instruction to improve them.
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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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Men of genius and talents have started out of a class, in which women have never yet been placed.
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Virtue flies from a house divided against itself—and a whole legion of devils take up their residence there.
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Errors are often useful; but it is commonly to remedy other errors.
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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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