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Man Quotes by Mary Wollstonecraft
- I love man as my fellow; but his scepter, real, or usurped, extends not to me, unless the reason of an individual demands my homage;…
- A modest man is steady, an humble man timid, and a vain one presumptuous.
- Let woman share the rights and she will emulate the virtues of man; for she must grow more perfect when emancipated ...
- When man, governed by reasonable laws, enjoys his natural freedom, let him despise woman, if she do not share it with him.
- When a man seduces a woman, it should, I think, be termed a left-handed marriage.
- If the abstract rights of man will bear discussion and explanation, those of women, by a parity of reasoning, will not shrink from the same…
- The same energy of character which renders a man a daring villain would have rendered him useful in society, had that society been well organized.
- Learn from me, if not by my precepts, then by my example, how dangerous is the pursuit of knowledge and how much happier is that…
- What, but the rapacity of the only men who exercised their reason, the priests, secured such vast property to the church, when a man gave…
- Weakness may excite tenderness, and gratify the arrogant pride of man; but the lordly caresses of a protector will not gratify a noble mind that…
- No man chooses evil because it's evil. He only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks.
- No man chooses evil because it is evil; he only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks.
- If the abstract rights of man will bear discussion and explanation, those of women, by a parity of reasoning, will not shrink from the same…
More Man Quotes
- Wherever the relevance of speech is at stake, matters become political by definition, for speech is what makes man a political being. — Hannah Arendt
- Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity, because his freedom is always won in… — Hannah Arendt
- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
- Let each man exercise the art he knows. — Aristophanes
- A man's homeland is wherever he prospers. — Aristophanes
- My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
- At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. — Aristotle
- The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances. — Aristotle
- Hope is the dream of a waking man. — Aristotle
- Man is by nature a political animal. — Aristotle
- For one swallow does not make a summer, nor does one day; and so too one day, or a short time, does… — Aristotle
- Therefore, the good of man must be the end of the science of politics. — Aristotle