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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.

Mary Wollstonecraft

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 WOLLSTONECRAFT

Education Life Man Mistake Perfection Preparation View
Rousseau exerts himself to prove that all was right originally: a crowd of authors that all is now right: and I, that all will be right.
MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT

Himself Right
I never wanted but your heart-that gone, you have nothing more to give.
MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT

Break Up Heart Myself True Love
I shall not waste my time in rounding periods, nor in fabricating the turgid bombast of artificial feelings, which, coming from the head, never reach the heart.
MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT

Feeling Heart Myself Wasted Time
If then women are not a swarm of ephemeron triflers, why should they be kept in ignorance under the specious name of innocence?
MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT

Ignorance Philosophy Woman
Virtue flies from a house divided against itself—and a whole legion of devils take up their residence there.
MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT

Devil Virtue
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.
MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT

Equality Establishment Man Power Virtue Weakness
The beginning is always today.
MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT

Beginning Inspirational One Liner
Thus do we wish as we float down the stream of life, whilst chance does more to gratify our desire for knowledge than our best-laid plans.
MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT

Desire Knowledge Life Ourselves
It may be impossible to convince women that the illegitimate power which they obtain by degrading themselves is a curse.
MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT

Impossible Power Self Love Woman
Men who are inferior to their fellow men, are always most anxious to establish their superiority over women.
MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT

Establishment Man Woman Worth
My dreams were all my own; I accounted for them to nobody; they were my refuge when annoyed – my dearest pleasure when free.
MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT

Dream Freedom Myself
Some women govern their husbands without degrading themselves, because intellect will always govern.
MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT

Government Husband Intellectual Woman
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.
MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT

Heart Myself Taste Virtue
Friendship is a serious affection; the most sublime of all affections, because it is founded on principle, and cemented by time.
MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT

Affection Friendship Principle Time
The power of generalizing ideas, of drawing comprehensive conclusions from individual observations, is the only acquirement, for an immortal being, that really deserves the name of knowledge.
MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT

Deserve Ideas Knowledge Mortal Power

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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