Surely something resides in this heart that is not perishable – and life is more than a dream.
MARY WOLLSTONECRAFTMen who are inferior to their fellow men, are always most anxious to establish their superiority over women.
More Mary Wollstonecraft Quotes
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It is justice, not charity, that is wanting in the world!
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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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Men who are inferior to their fellow men, are always most anxious to establish their superiority over women.
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All the sacred rights of humanity are violated by insisting on blind obedience.
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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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They who pass their whole lives in working for their daily bread, have no ideas beyond their business or their interest, and all their understanding seems to lie in their fingers ends.
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We must all be in love once in our lives.
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Every glance afforded colouring for the picture she was delineating on her heart.
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Considering the length of time that women have been dependent, is it surprising that some of them hug their chains, and fawn like the spaniel?
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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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Either nature has made a great difference between man and man, or that the world is not yet anywhere near to being fully civilized.
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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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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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Not on the score of modesty, but decency; for the care which some modest women take, making at the same time a display of that care, not to let their legs be seen, is as childish as immodest.
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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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