When a man seduces a woman, it should, I think, be termed a left-handed marriage. — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share Image
The divine right of husbands, like the divine right of kings, may, it is hoped, in this enlightened age, be contested without… — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share Image
Some women govern their husbands without degrading themselves, because intellect will always govern. — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share Image
Make women rational creatures, and free citizens, and they will quickly become good wives; - that is, if men do not neglect… — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share Image
To improve both sexes they ought, not only in private families, but in public schools, to be educated together. If marriage be… — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share Image
“...meanwhile, strength of body and mind are sacrificed to libertine notions of beauty, to the desire of establishing themselves, the only way… — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share Image
To be a good mother, a woman must have sense, and that independence of mind which few women possess who are taught… — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share Image
“Besides, the woman who strengthens her body and exercises her mind will, by managing her family and practising various virtues, become the… — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share Image
“Before marriage it is their business to please men; and after, with a few exceptions, they follow the same scent, with all… — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share Image
“when two young people marry—even virtuous ones—it might also be fine if some circumstance checked their passion; if the memory of some… — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share Image
“Nature has given woman a weaker frame than man; but, to ensure her husband's affections, must a wife, who, by the exercise… — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share Image
“Let me reason with the supporters of this opinion, who have any knowledge of human nature, do they imagine that marriage can… — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share Image
“The baneful consequences which flow from inattention to health during infancy, and youth, extend further than is supposed, dependence of body naturally… — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share Image
“Noble morality! and consistent with the cautious prudence of a little soul that cannot extend its views beyond the present minute division… — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share Image
Man preys on man; and you mourn for the idle tapestry that decorated a gothic pillar, and the dronish bell that summoned the fat… — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share
“How much more respectable is the woman who earns her own bread by fulfilling any duty, than the most accomplished beauty!” — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share
I love my man as my fellow; but his scepter, real, or usurped, extends not to me, unless the reason of an individual demands… — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share
The absurd duty, too often inculcated, of obeying a parent only on account of his being a parent, shackles the mind, and prepares it… — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share
Women have seldom sufficient employment to silence their feelings; a round of little cares, or vain pursuits frittering away all strength of mind and… — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share
“In this style, argue tyrants of every denomination, from the weak king to the weak father of a family; they are all eager to… — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share
“If children are to be educated to understand the true principle of patriotism, their mother must be a patriot [...]” — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share
If women be educated for dependence; that is, to act according to the will of another fallible being, and submit, right or wrong, to… — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share
Only that education deserves emphatically to be termed cultivation of the mind which teaches young people how to begin to think. — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share
“I wish to show that elegance is inferior to virtue, that the first object of laudable ambition is to obtain a character as a… — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share
Perhaps the seeds of false-refinement, immorality, and vanity, have ever been shed by the great. Weak, artificial beings, raised above the common wants and… — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share
Make them free, and they will quickly become wise and virtous, as men become more so; for the improvement must be mutual, or the… — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share
The birthright of man ... is such a degree of liberty, civil and religious, as is compatible with the liberty of every other individual… — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share
