It is justice, not charity, that is wanting in the world!
MARY WOLLSTONECRAFTOnly by the jostlings of equality can we form a just opinion of ourselves.
More Mary Wollstonecraft Quotes
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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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As sound politics diffuse liberty, mankind, including woman, will become more wise and virtuous.
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Let woman share the rights, and she will emulate the virtues of man; for she must grow more perfect when emancipated, or justify the authority that chains such a weak being to her duty.
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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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Modesty, temperance, and self-denial, are the sober offspring of reason.
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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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If children are to be educated to understand the true principle of patriotism, their mother must be a patriot.
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Taught from their infancy that beauty is woman’s sceptre, the mind shapes itself to the body, and roaming round its gilt cage, only seeks to adorn its prison.
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Only by the jostlings of equality can we form a just opinion of ourselves.
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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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The beginning is always today.
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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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A little patience, and all will be over.
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I love man as my fellow; but his scepter, real, or usurped, extends not to me, unless the reason of an individual demands my homage; and even then the submission is to reason, and not to man.
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Into this error men have, probably, been led by viewing education in a false light; not considering it as the first step to form a being advancing gradually towards perfection; but only as a preparation for life.
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