Only by the jostlings of equality can we form a just opinion of ourselves.
MARY WOLLSTONECRAFTInto 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.
More Mary Wollstonecraft Quotes
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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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Friendship is a serious affection; the most sublime of all affections, because it is founded on principle, and cemented by time.
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Some women govern their husbands without degrading themselves, because intellect will always govern.
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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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Surely something resides in this heart that is not perishable – and life is more than a dream.
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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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Strengthen the female mind by enlarging it, and there will be an end to blind obedience.
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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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It is far better to be often deceived than never to trust; to be disappointed in love, than never to love.
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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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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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A little patience, and all will be over.
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It is justice, not charity, that is wanting in the world!
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Friendship and domestic happiness are continually praised; yet how little is there of either in the world, because it requires more cultivation of mind to keep awake affection, even in our own hearts, than the common run of people suppose.
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Every glance afforded colouring for the picture she was delineating on her heart.
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