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Inspirational Quotes by Mary Astell
- Truth is strong, and sometime or other will prevail.
- It is not the Head but the Heart that is the Seat of Atheism.
- None of God's Creatures absolutely consider'd are in their own Nature Contemptible; the meanest Fly, the poorest Insect has its Use and Vertue.
- If a Woman can neither Love nor Honour, she does ill in promising to Obey.
- Women are from their very infancy debarred those Advantages with the want of which they are afterwards reproached.
- God is His own Design and End, and that there is no other Worthy of Him.
- We must Think what we Say, and Mean what we Profess.
- He who will be just, must be forc'd to acknowledge, that neither Sex are always in the right.
- We ought as much as we can to endeavour the Perfecting of our Beings, and that we be as happy as possibly we may.
- Whilst our Hearts are violently set upon any thing, there is no convincing us that we shall ever be of another Mind.
- Why is Slavery so much condemn'd and strove against in one Case, and so highly applauded and held so necessary and so sacred in another?
- Women need not take up with mean things, since (if they are not wanting to themselves) they are capable of the best.
More Inspirational Quotes
- This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes. — Hannah Arendt
- There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous. — Hannah Arendt
- Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
- By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. — Hannah Arendt
- To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough… — Hannah Arendt
- Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. — Hannah Arendt
- These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties. — Hannah Arendt
- I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore… — Pietro Aretino
- Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood. — Pietro Aretino
- I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences. — Dario Argento
- I went through a phase where I thought nostalgia was a bad thing. — Dario Argento
- In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento