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.
MARY WOLLSTONECRAFTThe appetites will rule if the mind is vacant.
More Mary Wollstonecraft Quotes
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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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Surely something resides in this heart that is not perishable – and life is more than a dream.
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I wish to show that elegance is inferior to virtue, that the first object of laudable ambition is to obtain a character as a human being, regardless of the distinction of sex.
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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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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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Simplicity and sincerity generally go hand in hand, as both proceed from a love of truth.
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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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Taught from infancy that beauty is woman’s sculpture the mind shapes itself to the body and roaming round its gilt cage, only seeks to adorn its prison.
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Nature in everything demands respect, and those who violate her laws seldom violate them with impunity.
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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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The greater number of people take their opinions on trust, to avoid the trouble of exercising their own minds, and these indolent beings naturally adhere to the letter, rather than the spirit of a law, divine or human.
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It is vain to expect virtue from women till they are in some degree independent of men.
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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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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 may be impossible to convince women that the illegitimate power which they obtain by degrading themselves is a curse.
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