The honour of the woman is not made even to depend on her will.
MARY WOLLSTONECRAFTI 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.
More Mary Wollstonecraft Quotes
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Solitude and reflection are necessary to give to wishes the force of passions.
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Errors are often useful; but it is commonly to remedy other errors.
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I like to see your eyes praise me and, during such recitals, there are interruptions, not ungrateful to the heart, when the honey that drops from the lips is not merely words.
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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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Men who are inferior to their fellow men, are always most anxious to establish their superiority over women.
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The appetites will rule if the mind is vacant.
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It is justice, not charity, that is wanting in the world!
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How much more respectable is the woman who earns her own bread by fulfilling any duty, than the most accomplished beauty!
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It is far better to be often deceived than never to trust; to be disappointed in love, than never to love.
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The beginning is always today.
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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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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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She was created to be the toy of man, his rattle, and it must jingle in his ears whenever, dismissing reason, he chooses to be amused.
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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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Taught from infancy that beauty is woman’s sculpture the mind shapes itself to the body and roaming round its gilt cage, only seeks to adorn its prison.
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