The being who patiently endures injustice, and silently bears insults, will soon become unjust, or unable to discern right from wrong.
MARY WOLLSTONECRAFTIt is not necessary for me always to premise, that I speak of the condition of the whole sex, leaving exceptions out of the question.
More Mary Wollstonecraft Quotes
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The honour of the woman is not made even to depend on her will.
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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.
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She would stand and behold the waves rolling, and think of the voice that could still the tumultuous deep.
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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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If then women are not a swarm of ephemeron triflers, why should they be kept in ignorance under the specious name of innocence?
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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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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.
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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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Men who are inferior to their fellow men, are always most anxious to establish their superiority over women.
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Errors are often useful; but it is commonly to remedy other errors.
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All the sacred rights of humanity are violated by insisting on blind obedience.
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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.
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Men and women must be educated, in a great degree, by the opinions and manners of the society they live in.
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Parental affection is, perhaps, the blindest modification of perverse self-love
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We must all be in love once in our lives.
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