"Not because they were servants were we so……" — Margaret Cavendish
"Not because they were servants were we so reserved, for many noble persons are forced to serve through necessity, but by reason the vulgar sort of servants are as ill bred as meanly born, giving children ill examples and worse counsel."
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Margaret Cavendish
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23 Quotes by Margaret Cavendish
Margaret Cavendish has 23 quotes on this site.
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A rude nature is worse than a brute nature by so much more as man is better than a beast:…
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In such misfortunes my Mother was of an heroic spirit, in suffering patiently when there was no remedy, and being…
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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…
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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…
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Indeed, I was so afraid to dishonour my friends and family by my indiscreet actions, that I rather chose to…
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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…
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As for our garments, my Mother did not only delight to see us neat and cleanly, fine and gay, but…
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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…
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And though I might have learnt more wit and advanced my understanding by living in a Court, yet being dull,…
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