My dreams were all my own; I accounted for them to nobody; they were my refuge when annoyed – my dearest pleasure when free.
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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True sensibility, the sensibility which is the auxiliary of virtue, and the soul of genius, is in society so occupied with the feelings of others, as scarcely to regard its own sensations.
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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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Men who are inferior to their fellow men, are always most anxious to establish their superiority over women.
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A little patience, and all will be over.
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Still the men stand up for the dignity of man, by oppressing the women.
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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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The most holy band of society is friendship. It has been well said, by a shrewd satirist, “that rare as true love is, true friendship is still rarer.
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Strengthen the female mind by enlarging it, and there will be an end to blind obedience.
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All the sacred rights of humanity are violated by insisting on blind obedience.
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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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Some women govern their husbands without degrading themselves, because intellect will always govern.
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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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Taxes on the very necessaries of life, enable an endless tribe of idle princes and princesses to pass with stupid pomp before a gaping crowd, who almost worship the very parade which costs them so dear.
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The greater number of people take their opinions on trust, to avoid the trouble of exercising their own minds, and these indolent beings naturally adhere to the letter, rather than the spirit of a law, divine or human.
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The honour of the woman is not made even to depend on her will.
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