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> [For my part I think the Learned, and Unlearned Blockhead pretty equal; for 'tis all one to me, whether a Man talk Nonsense, or unintelligible Sense, I am diverted and edified alike by either; the one enjoys himself less, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-astell/for-my-part-i-think-the-learned-and-unlearned-blockhead-pretty-equal/)

[Mary Astell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-astell/)

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## More by Mary Astell

> [He who will be just, must be forc'd to acknowledge, that neither Sex are always in the right.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-astell/he-who-will-be-just-must-be-forc-d-to-acknowledge-that-neither-sex/)

[Mary Astell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-astell/)

> [A husband is indeed thought by both sexes so very valuable, that scarce a man who can keep himself clean and make a bow,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-astell/a-husband-is-indeed-thought-by-both-sexes-so-very-valuable-that/)

[Mary Astell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-astell/)

> [“Strip him of equipage and fortune, and such things as only dazzle our eyes and imaginations, but don't in any measure affect our reason…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-astell/strip-him-of-equipage-and-fortune-and-such-things-as-only-dazzle-our/)

[Mary Astell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-astell/)

> [How can a Man respect his Wife when he has a contemptible Opinion of her and her Sex?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-astell/how-can-a-man-respect-his-wife-when-he-has-a-contemptible-opinion-of/)

[Mary Astell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-astell/)

> [To all the rest of his Absurdities, (for vice is always unreasonable,) he adds one more, who expects that Vertue from another which he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-astell/to-all-the-rest-of-his-absurdities-for-vice-is-always-unreasonable-he/)

[Mary Astell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-astell/)

> [Your glass will not do you half so much service as a serious reflection on your own minds.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-astell/your-glass-will-not-do-you-half-so-much-service-as-a-serious/)

[Mary Astell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-astell/)

> [none can be Tyrants but Cowards.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-astell/none-can-be-tyrants-but-cowards/)

[Mary Astell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-astell/)

> [Every one knows, that the mind will not be kept from contemplating what it loves in the midst of crowds and business. Hence come…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-astell/every-one-knows-that-the-mind-will-not-be-kept-from-contemplating/)

[Mary Astell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-astell/)

> [friendship is a virtue which comprehends all the rest; none being fit for this, who is not adorned with every other virtue.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-astell/friendship-is-a-virtue-which-comprehends-all-the-rest-none-being-fit/)

[Mary Astell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-astell/)

> [We ought as much as we can to endeavour the Perfecting of our Beings, and that we be as happy as possibly we may.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-astell/we-ought-as-much-as-we-can-to-endeavour-the-perfecting-of-our-beings/)

[Mary Astell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-astell/)

> [We must Think what we Say, and Mean what we Profess.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-astell/we-must-think-what-we-say-and-mean-what-we-profess/)

[Mary Astell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-astell/)

> [How can you be content to be in the world like tulips in a garden, to make a fine show, and be good for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-astell/how-can-you-be-content-to-be-in-the-world-like-tulips-in-a-garden-to/)

[Mary Astell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-astell/)

> [Women are not so well united as to form an Insurrection. They are for the most part wise enough to love their Chains, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-astell/women-are-not-so-well-united-as-to-form-an-insurrection-they-are-for/)

[Mary Astell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-astell/)

> [That which has not a real excellency and value in it self, entertains no longer than the giddy Humour which recommended it to us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-astell/that-which-has-not-a-real-excellency-and-value-in-it-self-entertains/)

[Mary Astell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-astell/)

> [We may not commit a lesser Sin under pretence to avoid a greater, but we may, nay we ought to endure the greatest Pain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-astell/we-may-not-commit-a-lesser-sin-under-pretence-to-avoid-a-greater-but/)

[Mary Astell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-astell/)

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