Only by the jostlings of equality can we form a just opinion of ourselves.
MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT
MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT
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Mary Wollstonecraft92 quotes“Only by the jostlings of equality can we form a just opinion of ourselves.”
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Men, in general, seem to employ their reason to justify prejudices, rather than to root them out.
Mary WollstonecraftMary Wollstonecraft 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.
Mary WollstonecraftMary Wollstonecraft 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.
Mary WollstonecraftMary Wollstonecraft Only that education deserves emphatically to be termed cultivation of the mind which teaches young people how to begin to think.
Mary WollstonecraftMary Wollstonecraft Still the men stand up for the dignity of man, by oppressing the women.
Mary WollstonecraftMary Wollstonecraft But what a weak barrier is truth when it stands in the way of an hypothesis!
Mary WollstonecraftMary Wollstonecraft A king is always a king-and a woman always a woman: his authority and her sex, ever stand between them and rational converse.
Mary WollstonecraftMary Wollstonecraft Errors are often useful; but it is commonly to remedy other errors.
Mary WollstonecraftMary Wollstonecraft Thus do we wish as we float down the stream of life, whilst chance does.
Mary WollstonecraftMary Wollstonecraft The education of women has of late been more attended to than formerly; yet they are still reckoned a frivolous sex, and ridiculed or pitied by the writers who endavour by satire or instruction to improve them.
Mary WollstonecraftMary Wollstonecraft 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?
Mary WollstonecraftMary Wollstonecraft A little patience, and all will be over.
Mary WollstonecraftMary Wollstonecraft It is justice, not charity, that is wanting in the world!
Mary WollstonecraftMary Wollstonecraft Nature in everything demands respect, and those who violate her laws seldom violate them with impunity.
Mary WollstonecraftMary Wollstonecraft The being who patiently endures injustice, and silently bears insults, will soon become unjust, or unable to discern right from wrong.
Mary WollstonecraftMary Wollstonecraft All the sacred rights of humanity are violated by insisting on blind obedience.
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