Taxes on the very necessaries of life, enable an endless tribe of idle princes and princesses to pass with stupid pomp before a gaping crowd, who almost worship the very parade which costs them so dear.
MARY WOLLSTONECRAFTAs sound politics diffuse liberty, mankind, including woman, will become more wise and virtuous.
More Mary Wollstonecraft Quotes
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But what a weak barrier is truth when it stands in the way of an hypothesis!
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My dreams were all my own; I accounted for them to nobody; they were my refuge when annoyed – my dearest pleasure when free.
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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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Without the aid of the imagination all the pleasures of the senses must sink into grossness.
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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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Still the men stand up for the dignity of man, by oppressing the women.
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I like to use significant words.
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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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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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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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The power of generalizing ideas, of drawing comprehensive conclusions from individual observations, is the only acquirement, for an immortal being, that really deserves the name of knowledge.
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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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It is justice, not charity, that is wanting in the world!
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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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