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> [All history attests that man has subjected woman to his will, used her as a means to promote his selfish gratification, to minister to his sensual pleasures, to be instrumental in promoting his comfort; but never has he desired to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-moore-grimke/all-history-attests-that-man-has-subjected-woman-to-his-will-used-her/)

[Sarah Moore Grimke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-moore-grimke/)

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> [Girls study under the paralyzing idea that their acquirements cannot be brought into practical use. They may subserve the purposes of promoting individual domestic pleasure and social enjoyment in conversation, but what are they in comparison with the grand stimulation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-moore-grimke/girls-study-under-the-paralyzing-idea-that-their-acquirements-cannot/)

[Sarah Moore Grimke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-moore-grimke/)

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## Other authors on Promoting

## More by Sarah Moore Grimke

> [I want my sex to claim nothing from their brethren but what their brethren may justly claim from them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-moore-grimke/i-want-my-sex-to-claim-nothing-from-their-brethren-but-what-their/)

[Sarah Moore Grimke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-moore-grimke/)

> [Fashionable women regard themselves, and are regarded by men, as pretty toys or as mere instruments of pleasure; and the vacuity of mind, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-moore-grimke/fashionable-women-regard-themselves-and-are-regarded-by-men-as-pretty/)

[Sarah Moore Grimke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-moore-grimke/)

> [An idea built the wall of separation between the sexes, and an idea will crumble it to dust.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-moore-grimke/an-idea-built-the-wall-of-separation-between-the-sexes-and-an-idea/)

[Sarah Moore Grimke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-moore-grimke/)

> [Is it not clear that to give to such women as desire it and can devote themselves to literary and scientific pursuits all the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-moore-grimke/is-it-not-clear-that-to-give-to-such-women-as-desire-it-and-can/)

[Sarah Moore Grimke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-moore-grimke/)

> [There has been a comparatively greater proportion of good queens, than of good kings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-moore-grimke/there-has-been-a-comparatively-greater-proportion-of-good-queens-than/)

[Sarah Moore Grimke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-moore-grimke/)

> [All history attests that man has subjected woman to his will, used her as a means to promote his selfish gratification, to minister to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-moore-grimke/all-history-attests-that-man-has-subjected-woman-to-his-will-used-her/)

[Sarah Moore Grimke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-moore-grimke/)

> [ \[Women\] are early taught that to appear to yield is the only way to govern. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-moore-grimke/women-are-early-taught-that-to-appear-to-yield-is-the-only-way-to/)

[Sarah Moore Grimke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-moore-grimke/)

> [whatsoever it is morally right for a man to do, it is morally right for a woman to do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-moore-grimke/whatsoever-it-is-morally-right-for-a-man-to-do-it-is-morally-right/)

[Sarah Moore Grimke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-moore-grimke/)

> [I am persuaded that the rights of woman, like the rights of slaves, need only be examined to be understood and asserted.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-moore-grimke/i-am-persuaded-that-the-rights-of-woman-like-the-rights-of-slaves/)

[Sarah Moore Grimke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-moore-grimke/)

> [If the minds of women were enlightened and improved, the domestic work would be more frequently refreshed by intelligent conversation, a means of edification…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-moore-grimke/if-the-minds-of-women-were-enlightened-and-improved-the-domestic-work/)

[Sarah Moore Grimke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-moore-grimke/)

> [ \[On the New Testament:\] I ... must enter my protest against the false translation of some passages by the men who did that work,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-moore-grimke/on-the-new-testament-i-must-enter-my-protest-against-the-false/)

[Sarah Moore Grimke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-moore-grimke/)

> [I ask no favors for my sex, I surrender not our claim to equality. All I ask of our brethren is that they will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-moore-grimke/i-ask-no-favors-for-my-sex-i-surrender-not-our-claim-to-equality-all/)

[Sarah Moore Grimke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-moore-grimke/)

> [The reason why women effect so little and are so shallow is because their aims are low, marriage is the prize for which they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-moore-grimke/the-reason-why-women-effect-so-little-and-are-so-shallow-is-because/)

[Sarah Moore Grimke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-moore-grimke/)

> [Good and evil, as we term them, are not antagonistic; they are ever found hand in hand. Humanity has never achieved a single conquest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-moore-grimke/good-and-evil-as-we-term-them-are-not-antagonistic-they-are-ever/)

[Sarah Moore Grimke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-moore-grimke/)

> [ \[On the Adam and Eve story:\] They both fell from innocence, and consequently from happiness, but not from equality. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-moore-grimke/on-the-adam-and-eve-story-they-both-fell-from-innocence-and/)

[Sarah Moore Grimke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-moore-grimke/)

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