We must all be in love once in our lives.
MARY WOLLSTONECRAFTMen of genius and talents have started out of a class, in which women have never yet been placed.
More Mary Wollstonecraft Quotes
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It is not necessary for me always to premise, that I speak of the condition of the whole sex, leaving exceptions out of the question.
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And if then women do not resign the arbitrary power of beauty—they will prove that they have less mind than man.
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How can a rational being be ennobled by any thing that is not obtained by its own exertions?
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Considering the length of time that women have been dependent, is it surprising that some of them hug their chains, and fawn like the spaniel?
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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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Into this error men have, probably, been led by viewing education in a false light; not considering it as the first step to form a being advancing gradually towards perfection; but only as a preparation for life.
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A little patience, and all will be over.
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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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Happy would it be for women, if they were only flattered by the men who loved them; I mean, who love the individual, not the sex.
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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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It is justice, not charity, that is wanting in the world!
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Still the men stand up for the dignity of man, by oppressing the women.
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I love man as my fellow; but his scepter, real, or usurped, extends not to me, unless the reason of an individual demands my homage; and even then the submission is to reason, and not to man.
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As sound politics diffuse liberty, mankind, including woman, will become more wise and virtuous.
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I like to use significant words.
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