• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 

1. black
2. grey
3. blue
4. red
5. brown
6. white

Virtue flies from a house divided against itself—and a whole legion of devils take up their residence there.

Mary Wollstonecraft

Related Topics

DevilVirtue

Popular Authors

Marilyn Monroe Paulo Coelho Abraham Lincoln C. S. Lewis Khalil Gibran Charlie Chaplin Gautama Buddha Isaac Newton

Prevoius| Next

More Mary Wollstonecraft Quotes

• 

  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 WOLLSTONECRAFT
  EducationImprovementSexWomanWriting
• 

  Soft phrases, susceptibility of heart, delicacy of sentiment, and refinement of taste are almost synonymous with the epithets of weakness, I wish to show that elegance is inferior to virtue.

  MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT
  HeartMyselfTasteVirtue
• 

  Still the men stand up for the dignity of man, by oppressing the women.

  MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT
  DignityManOppressionWoman
• 

  If children are to be educated to understand the true principle of patriotism, their mother must be a patriot.

  MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT
  ChildrenEducationMomPatriotismPrincipleTrue
• 

  It is justice, not charity, that is wanting in the world!

  MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT
  JusticeWorld
• 

  I like to use significant words.

  MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT
  MyselfWord
• 

  I shall not waste my time in rounding periods, nor in fabricating the turgid bombast of artificial feelings, which, coming from the head, never reach the heart.

  MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT
  FeelingHeartMyselfWasted Time
• 

  In short, women, in general, as well as the rich of both sexes, have acquired all the follies and vices of civilization, and missed the useful fruit.

  MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT
  RichSexViceWoman
• 

  Friendship and domestic happiness are continually praised; yet how little is there of either in the world, because it requires more cultivation of mind to keep awake affection, even in our own hearts, than the common run of people suppose.

  MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT
  FriendshipHappinessHeartMindsetPeopleWorld
• 

  It is vain to expect virtue from women till they are in some degree independent of men.

  MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT
  ExpectationIndependenceManVirtueWoman
• 

  Every glance afforded colouring for the picture she was delineating on her heart.

  MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT
  HeartHerselfPhotographSee
• 

  Thus do we wish as we float down the stream of life, whilst chance does.

  MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT
  EqualityLife
• 

  Modesty, temperance, and self-denial, are the sober offspring of reason.

  MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT
  CharacterReason
• 

  My dreams were all my own; I accounted for them to nobody; they were my refuge when annoyed – my dearest pleasure when free.

  MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT
  DreamFreedomMyself
• 

  Men of genius and talents have started out of a class, in which women have never yet been placed.

  MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT
  GeniusManTalentWoman
• 

  Some women govern their husbands without degrading themselves, because intellect will always govern.

  MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT
  GovernmentHusbandIntellectualWoman