Taught from their infancy that beauty is woman’s sceptre, the mind shapes itself to the body, and roaming round its gilt cage, only seeks to adorn its prison.
MARY WOLLSTONECRAFTMen, in general, seem to employ their reason to justify prejudices, rather than to root them out.
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In short, women, in general, as well as the rich of both sexes, have acquired all the follies and vices of civilization, and missed the useful fruit.
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It is justice, not charity, that is wanting in the world!
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I 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.
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Every glance afforded colouring for the picture she was delineating on her heart.
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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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Virtue flies from a house divided against itself—and a whole legion of devils take up their residence there.
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And if then women do not resign the arbitrary power of beauty—they will prove that they have less mind than man.
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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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Strengthen the female mind by enlarging it, and there will be an end to blind obedience.
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The man who had some virtue whilst he was struggling for a crown, often becomes a voluptuous tyrant when it graces his brow.
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After attacking the sacred majesty of Kings, I shall scarcely excite surprise by adding my firm persuasion that every profession, in which great subordination of rank constitutes its power, is highly injurious to morality.
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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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Those who are bold enough to advance before the age they live in, must learn to brave censure.
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It may be impossible to convince women that the illegitimate power which they obtain by degrading themselves is a curse.
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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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