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I love man as my fellow; but his scepter, real, or usurped, extends not to me, unless the reason of an individual demands my homage; and even then the submission is to reason, and not to man.

Mary Wollstonecraft

It is vain to expect virtue from women till they are in some degree independent of men.
MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT

Expectation Independence Man Virtue Woman
Men of genius and talents have started out of a class, in which women have never yet been placed.
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Genius Man Talent Woman
Nature in everything demands respect, and those who violate her laws seldom violate them with impunity.
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Nature Respect Violence
Without the aid of the imagination all the pleasures of the senses must sink into grossness.
MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT

Imagination Philosophy
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.
MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT

End Life Necessary Price
The man who had some virtue whilst he was struggling for a crown, often becomes a voluptuous tyrant when it graces his brow.
MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT

Man Struggle Virtue
I love man as my fellow; but his scepter, real, or usurped, extends not to me, unless the reason of an individual demands my homage; and even then the submission is to reason, and not to man.
MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT

Love Man Myself Reality Reason
The beginning is always today.
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Beginning Inspirational One Liner
It appears necessary to go back to first principles in search of the most simple truths, and to dispute with some prevailing prejudice every inch of ground.
MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT

Appearance Necessary Principle Search Simplicity
Only by the jostlings of equality can we form a just opinion of ourselves.
MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT

Equality Opinion Ourselves
Either nature has made a great difference between man and man, or that the world is not yet anywhere near to being fully civilized.
MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT

Difference Greatness Man Nature
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
Virtue flies from a house divided against itself—and a whole legion of devils take up their residence there.
MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT

Devil Virtue
If children are to be educated to understand the true principle of patriotism, their mother must be a patriot.
MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT

Children Education Mom Patriotism Principle True
A king is always a king-and a woman always a woman: his authority and her sex, ever stand between them and rational converse.
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Himself Sex Woman
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.
MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT

Growth Man Perfection Right Virtue Weakness Woman

I love man as my fellow; but his scepter, real, or usurped, extends not to me, unless the reason of an individual demands my homage; and even then the submission is to reason, and not to man.

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I love man as my fellow; but his scepter, real, or usurped, extends not to me, unless the reason of an individual demands my homage; and even then the submission is to reason, and not to man.

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