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 WOLLSTONECRAFTMen and women must be educated, in a great degree, by the opinions and manners of the society they live in.
More Mary Wollstonecraft Quotes
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The honour of the woman is not made even to depend on her will.
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It is justice, not charity, that is wanting in the world!
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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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It appears necessary to go back to first principles in search of the most simple truths, and to dispute with some prevailing prejudice every inch of ground.
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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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Solitude and reflection are necessary to give to wishes the force of passions.
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She would stand and behold the waves rolling, and think of the voice that could still the tumultuous deep.
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A little patience, and all will be over.
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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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I never wanted but your heart-that gone, you have nothing more to give.
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Men, indeed, appear to me to act in a very unphilosophical manner when they try to secure the good conduct of women by attempting to keep them always in a state of childhood.
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They who pass their whole lives in working for their daily bread, have no ideas beyond their business or their interest, and all their understanding seems to lie in their fingers ends.
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We must all be in love once in our lives.
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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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