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Mary Wollstonecraft Quotes

... men endeavor to sink us still lower, merely to render us alluring objects for a moment; and women, intoxicated by the adoration which men, under the influence of their senses, pay them, do not seek to obtain a durable interest in their hearts, or to become the friends of the fellow creatures who find amusement in their society Picture Quote #1

The highest branch of solitary amusement is reading; but even in the choice of books the fancy is first employed; for in reading, the heart is touched, till its feelings are examined by the understanding, and the ripening of reason regulate the imagination. This is the work of years, and the most important of all employments Picture Quote #1

For any kind of reading I think better than leaving a blank still a blank, because the mind must receive a degree of enlargement and obtain a little strength by a slight exertion of its thinking powers; besides, even the productions that are only addressed to the imagination, raise the reader a little above the gross gratification of appetites, to which the mind has not given a shade of delicacy Picture Quote #1

To be a good mother, a woman must have sense, and that independence of mind which few women possess who are taught to depend entirely on their husbands. Meek wives are, in general, foolish mothers; wanting their children to love them best, and take their part, in secret, against the father, who is held up as a scarecrow Picture Quote #1

Love from its very nature must be transitory. To seek for a secret that would render it constant would be as wild a search as for the philosopher’s stone or the grand panacea: and the discovery would be equally useless, or rather pernicious to mankind. The most holy band of society is friendship Picture Quote #1

Let us, my dear contemporaries, arise above such narrow prejudices. If wisdom be desirable on its own account, if virtue, to deserve the name, must be founded on knowledge, let us endeavour to strengthen our minds by reflection till our heads become a balance for our hearts Picture Quote #1

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Thinking it selfish to dwell on her own sufferings, when in the midst of wretches, who had not only lost all that endears life, but their very selves, her imagination was occupied with melancholy earnestness to trace the mazes of misery, through which so many wretches must have passed to this gloomy receptacle of disjointed souls, to the grand source of human corruption Picture Quote #1

The same energy of character which renders a man a daring villain would have rendered him useful to society, had that society been well organized Picture Quote #1

I love my 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 Picture Quote #1

Women ought to have representatives, instead of being arbitrarily governed without having any direct share allowed them in the deliberations of government Picture Quote #1

I begin to love this little creature, and to anticipate his birth as a fresh twist to a knot which I do not wish to untie Picture Quote #1

It may be confidently asserted that no man chooses evil, because it is evil; he only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks Picture Quote #1

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At boarding schools of every description, the relaxation of the junior boys is mischief; and of the senior, vice Picture Quote #1

From the respect paid to property flow, as from a poisoned fountain, most of the evils and vices which render this world such a dreary scene to the contemplative mind Picture Quote #1

It is hardly surprising that women concentrate on the way they look instead of what was in their minds since not much has been put in their minds to begin with Picture Quote #1

I lament that women are systematically degraded by receiving the trivial attentions, which men think it manly to pay to the sex, when, in fact, they are insultingly supporting their own superiority Picture Quote #1

But what a weak barrier is truth when it stands in the way of an hypothesis! Picture Quote #1

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... men endeavor to sink us still lower, merely to render us alluring objects for a moment; and women, intoxicated by the adoration which men, under the influence of their senses, pay them, do not seek to obtain a durable interest in their hearts, or to become the friends of the fellow creatures who find amusement in their society (Mary Wollstonecraft Quotes) The highest branch of solitary amusement is reading; but even in the choice of books the fancy is first employed; for in reading, the heart is touched, till its feelings are examined by the understanding, and the ripening of reason regulate the imagination. This is the work of years, and the most important of all employments (Mary Wollstonecraft Quotes) For any kind of reading I think better than leaving a blank still a blank, because the mind must receive a degree of enlargement and obtain a little strength by a slight exertion of its thinking powers; besides, even the productions that are only addressed to the imagination, raise the reader a little above the gross gratification of appetites, to which the mind has not given a shade of delicacy (Mary Wollstonecraft Quotes) To be a good mother, a woman must have sense, and that independence of mind which few women possess who are taught to depend entirely on their husbands. Meek wives are, in general, foolish mothers; wanting their children to love them best, and take their part, in secret, against the father, who is held up as a scarecrow (Mary Wollstonecraft Quotes) Love from its very nature must be transitory. To seek for a secret that would render it constant would be as wild a search as for the philosopher’s stone or the grand panacea: and the discovery would be equally useless, or rather pernicious to mankind. The most holy band of society is friendship (Mary Wollstonecraft Quotes) Let us, my dear contemporaries, arise above such narrow prejudices. If wisdom be desirable on its own account, if virtue, to deserve the name, must be founded on knowledge, let us endeavour to strengthen our minds by reflection till our heads become a balance for our hearts (Mary Wollstonecraft Quotes) Thinking it selfish to dwell on her own sufferings, when in the midst of wretches, who had not only lost all that endears life, but their very selves, her imagination was occupied with melancholy earnestness to trace the mazes of misery, through which so many wretches must have passed to this gloomy receptacle of disjointed souls, to the grand source of human corruption (Mary Wollstonecraft Quotes) The same energy of character which renders a man a daring villain would have rendered him useful to society, had that society been well organized (Mary Wollstonecraft Quotes) I love my 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 (Mary Wollstonecraft Quotes) Women ought to have representatives, instead of being arbitrarily governed without having any direct share allowed them in the deliberations of government (Mary Wollstonecraft Quotes) I begin to love this little creature, and to anticipate his birth as a fresh twist to a knot which I do not wish to untie (Mary Wollstonecraft Quotes) It may be confidently asserted that no man chooses evil, because it is evil; he only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks (Mary Wollstonecraft Quotes) At boarding schools of every description, the relaxation of the junior boys is mischief; and of the senior, vice (Mary Wollstonecraft Quotes) From the respect paid to property flow, as from a poisoned fountain, most of the evils and vices which render this world such a dreary scene to the contemplative mind (Mary Wollstonecraft Quotes) It is hardly surprising that women concentrate on the way they look instead of what was in their minds since not much has been put in their minds to begin with (Mary Wollstonecraft Quotes) I lament that women are systematically degraded by receiving the trivial attentions, which men think it manly to pay to the sex, when, in fact, they are insultingly supporting their own superiority (Mary Wollstonecraft Quotes) But what a weak barrier is truth when it stands in the way of an hypothesis! (Mary Wollstonecraft Quotes)

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