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.
MARY WOLLSTONECRAFTThey are the men of fancy, the favourites of the sex, who outwardly respect, and inwardly despise the weak creatures whom they thus sport with.
More Mary Wollstonecraft Quotes
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As sound politics diffuse liberty, mankind, including woman, will become more wise and virtuous.
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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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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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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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The beginning is always today.
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And if then women do not resign the arbitrary power of beauty—they will prove that they have less mind than man.
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Strengthen the female mind by enlarging it, and there will be an end to blind obedience.
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I like to use significant words.
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Modesty, temperance, and self-denial, are the sober offspring of reason.
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Independence I have long considered as the grand blessing of life, the basis of every virtue; and independence I will ever secure by contracting my wants, though I were to live on a barren heath.
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Friendship is a serious affection; the most sublime of all affections, because it is founded on principle, and cemented by time.
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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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Men, in general, seem to employ their reason to justify prejudices, rather than to root them out.
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The appetites will rule if the mind is vacant.
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No man chooses evil because it is evil; he just mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks.
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