At school boys become gluttons and slovens, and, instead of cultivating domestic affections, very early rush into the libertinism which destroys the… — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share Image
“The common attachment and regard of a mother, nay, mere habit, will make her beloved by her children, if she does nothing… — 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
Friendship and domestic happiness are continually praised; yet how little is there of either in the world, because it requires more cultivation… — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share Image
“Love, the common passion, in which chance and sensation take place of choice and reason, is in some degree, felt by the… — 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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
“If children are to be educated to understand the true principle of patriotism, their mother must be a patriot [...]” — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
