And if then women do not resign the arbitrary power of beauty—they will prove that they have less mind than man.
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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In short, women, in general, as well as the rich of both sexes, have acquired all the follies and vices of civilization, and missed the useful fruit.
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I never wanted but your heart-that gone, you have nothing more to give.
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They are the men of fancy, the favourites of the sex, who outwardly respect, and inwardly despise the weak creatures whom they thus sport with.
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I gazed around with rapture, and felt more of that spontaneous pleasure which gives credibility to our expectation of happiness than I had for a long, long time before.
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How can a rational being be ennobled by any thing that is not obtained by its own exertions?
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The man who had some virtue whilst he was struggling for a crown, often becomes a voluptuous tyrant when it graces his brow.
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Every glance afforded colouring for the picture she was delineating on her heart.
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Parental affection is, perhaps, the blindest modification of perverse self-love
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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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Nature in everything demands respect, and those who violate her laws seldom violate them with impunity.
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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.
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They may be convenient slaves, but slavery will have its constant effect, degrading the master and the abject dependent.
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But what a weak barrier is truth when it stands in the way of an hypothesis!
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The honour of the woman is not made even to depend on her will.
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Men, in general, seem to employ their reason to justify prejudices, rather than to root them out.
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