All the sacred rights of humanity are violated by insisting on blind obedience.
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.
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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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It is not necessary for me always to premise, that I speak of the condition of the whole sex, leaving exceptions out of the question.
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Like the flowers that are planted in too rich a soil, strength and usefulness are sacrificed to beauty.
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Women are systematically degraded by receiving the trivial attentions which men think it manly to pay to their sex, when, in fact, men are insultingly supporting their own superiority.
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Still the men stand up for the dignity of man, by oppressing the women.
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Strengthen the female mind by enlarging it, and there will be an end to blind obedience.
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Men of genius and talents have started out of a class, in which women have never yet been placed.
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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 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.
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Errors are often useful; but it is commonly to remedy other errors.
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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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Surely something resides in this heart that is not perishable – and life is more than a dream.
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Solitude and reflection are necessary to give to wishes the force of passions.
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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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