Into 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.
MARY WOLLSTONECRAFTTaught 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.
More Mary Wollstonecraft Quotes
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Let their faculties have room to unfold, and their virtues to gain strength, and then determine where the whole sex must stand in the intellectual scale.
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Only by the jostlings of equality can we form a just opinion of ourselves.
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Without the aid of the imagination all the pleasures of the senses must sink into grossness.
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The honour of the woman is not made even to depend on her will.
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Pope’s summary of their character to be just, that every woman is at heart a rake.
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I do not wish them women to have power over men; but over themselves.
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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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All the sacred rights of humanity are violated by insisting on blind obedience.
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Every glance afforded colouring for the picture she was delineating on her heart.
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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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It is vain to expect virtue from women till they are in some degree independent of men.
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How can a rational being be ennobled by any thing that is not obtained by its own exertions?
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Let woman share the rights, and she will emulate the virtues of man; for she must grow more perfect when emancipated, or justify the authority that chains such a weak being to her duty.
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A little patience, and all will be over.
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As sound politics diffuse liberty, mankind, including woman, will become more wise and virtuous.
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