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.
MARY WOLLSTONECRAFTA man, when he undertakes a journey, has, in general the end in view; a woman thinks more of the incidental occurrences, the strange things that may possibly occur on the road.
More Mary Wollstonecraft Quotes
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They are the men of fancy, the favourites of the sex, who outwardly respect, and inwardly despise the weak creatures whom they thus sport with.
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The appetites will rule if the mind is vacant.
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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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Surely something resides in this heart that is not perishable – and life is more than a dream.
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All the sacred rights of humanity are violated by insisting on blind obedience.
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If children are to be educated to understand the true principle of patriotism, their mother must be a patriot.
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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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But what a weak barrier is truth when it stands in the way of an hypothesis!
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The power of generalizing ideas, of drawing comprehensive conclusions from individual observations, is the only acquirement, for an immortal being, that really deserves the name of knowledge.
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A little patience, and all will be over.
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Soft phrases, susceptibility of heart, delicacy of sentiment, and refinement of taste are almost synonymous with the epithets of weakness, I wish to show that elegance is inferior to virtue.
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Modesty, temperance, and self-denial, are the sober offspring of reason.
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We must all be in love once in our lives.
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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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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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