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Them Quotes by Mary Wollstonecraft
- Men, in general, seem to employ their reason to justify prejudices...rather than to root them out.
- To be a good mother, a woman must have sense, and that independence of mind which few women possess who are taught to depend entirely…
- My own sex, I hope, will excuse me, if I treat them like rational creatures, instead of flattering their fascinating graces, and viewing them as…
- Let not men then in the pride of power, use the same arguments that tyrannic kings and venal ministers have used, and fallaciously assert that…
- Women becoming, consequently, weakerthan they ought to behave not sufficient strength to discharge the first duty of a mother; and sacrificing to lasciviousness the parental…
- A king is always a king - and a woman always a woman: his authority and her sex ever stand between them and rational converse
- It is time to effect a revolution in female manners - time to restore to them their lost dignity. It is time to separate unchangeable…
- Women ought to have representatives, instead of being arbitrarily governed without any direct share allowed them in the deliberations of government.
- ...men endeavor to sink us still lower, merely to render us alluring objects for a moment; and women, intoxicated by the adoration which men, under…
- I earnestly wish to point out in what true dignity and human happiness consists. I wish to persuade women to endeavor to acquire strength, both…
- Make them free, and they will quickly become wise and virtous, as men become more so; for the improvement must be mutual, or the injustice…
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- A high heart ought to bear calamities and not flee them, since in bearing them appears the grandeur of the mind and… — Pietro Aretino
- If you want to annoy your neighbors, tell the truth about them. — Pietro Aretino
- Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want… — Pietro Aretino
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of… — Aristotle
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle
- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle
- Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them. — Aristotle
- Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit. — Aristotle
- Stories surge up out of nowhere, and if they feel compelling, you follow them. You let them unfold inside you and see… — Paul Auster