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Margaret Cavendish has 23 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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A rude nature is worse than a brute nature by so much more as man is better than a beast: and those…
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In such misfortunes my Mother was of an heroic spirit, in suffering patiently when there was no remedy, and being industrious where…
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My other brother, the Lord Lucas, who was heir to my father's estate, and as it were the father to take care…
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For Pleasure, Delight, Peace and Felicity live in method and temperance.
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I would rather die in the adventure of noble achievements than live in obscure and sluggish security.
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And though my Lord hath lost his estate and been banished out of his country, yet neither despised poverty nor pinching necessity…
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Indeed, I was so afraid to dishonour my friends and family by my indiscreet actions, that I rather chose to be accounted…
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For disorder obstructs: besides, it doth disgust life, distract the appetities, and yield no true relish to the senses.
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But if our sex would but well consider and rationally ponder, they will perceive and find that it is neither words nor…
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As for our garments, my Mother did not only delight to see us neat and cleanly, fine and gay, but rich and…
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For I, hearing my Lord's estate amongst many more estates was to be sold, and that the wives of the owners should…
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And though I might have learnt more wit and advanced my understanding by living in a Court, yet being dull, fearful and…
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Oh, this age! How tasteless and ill bred it is!
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The liar was the hottest to defend his veracity, the coward his courage, the ill-bred his gentlemanliness, and the cad his honor
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Recently Mr. Mawdsley’s donkey escaped from his stall, raced down the road, and somehow found his way into an enclosed pasture. Mr.…
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Not because they were servants were we so reserved, for many noble persons are forced to serve through necessity, but by reason…
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