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.
MARY WOLLSTONECRAFTI wish to show that elegance is inferior to virtue, that the first object of laudable ambition is to obtain a character as a human being, regardless of the distinction of sex.
More Mary Wollstonecraft Quotes
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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.
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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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They may be convenient slaves, but slavery will have its constant effect, degrading the master and the abject dependent.
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A 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.
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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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The beginning is always today.
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Either nature has made a great difference between man and man, or that the world is not yet anywhere near to being fully civilized.
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It is justice, not charity, that is wanting in the world!
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Men, in general, seem to employ their reason to justify prejudices, rather than to root them out.
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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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Independence I have long considered as the grand blessing of life, the basis of every virtue; and independence I will ever secure by contracting my wants, though I were to live on a barren heath.
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How much more respectable is the woman who earns her own bread by fulfilling any duty, than the most accomplished beauty!
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My dreams were all my own; I accounted for them to nobody; they were my refuge when annoyed – my dearest pleasure when free.
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Taught from infancy that beauty is woman’s sculpture the mind shapes itself to the body and roaming round its gilt cage, only seeks to adorn its prison.
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Errors are often useful; but it is commonly to remedy other errors.
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