Virtue flies from a house divided against itself—and a whole legion of devils take up their residence there.
MARY WOLLSTONECRAFTSome women govern their husbands without degrading themselves, because intellect will always govern.
More Mary Wollstonecraft Quotes
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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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Few, I believe, have had much affection for mankind, who did not first love their parents, their brothers, sisters, and even the domestic brutes, whom they first played with.
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I have sighed when obliged to confess that either Nature has made a great difference between man and man, or that the civilization which has hitherto taken place in the world has been very partial.
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Only by the jostlings of equality can we form a just opinion of ourselves.
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The beginning is always today.
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It is far better to be often deceived than never to trust; to be disappointed in love, than never to love.
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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.
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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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A little patience, and all will be over.
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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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They may be convenient slaves, but slavery will have its constant effect, degrading the master and the abject dependent.
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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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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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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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Those who are bold enough to advance before the age they live in, must learn to brave censure.
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