Every glance afforded colouring for the picture she was delineating on her heart.
MARY WOLLSTONECRAFTThe appetites will rule if the mind is vacant.
More Mary Wollstonecraft Quotes
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Few, I believe, have had much affection for mankind, who did not first love their parents, their brothers, sisters, and even the domestic brutes, whom they first played with.
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It is justice, not charity, that is wanting in the world!
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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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If then women are not a swarm of ephemeron triflers, why should they be kept in ignorance under the specious name of innocence?
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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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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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It is vain to expect virtue from women till they are in some degree independent of men.
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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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I like to use significant words.
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Simplicity and sincerity generally go hand in hand, as both proceed from a love of truth.
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Thus do we wish as we float down the stream of life, whilst chance does.
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Surely something resides in this heart that is not perishable – and life is more than a dream.
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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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Men and women must be educated, in a great degree, by the opinions and manners of the society they live in.
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