Glasses Quote by Mary Astell

He who will be just, must be forc'd to acknowledge, that neither Sex are always in the right.

— Mary Astell

A husband is indeed thought by both sexes so very valuable, that scarce a man who can keep himself clean and make a bow,…

— Mary Astell

“Strip him of equipage and fortune, and such things as only dazzle our eyes and imaginations, but don't in any measure affect our reason…

— Mary Astell

How can a Man respect his Wife when he has a contemptible Opinion of her and her Sex?

— Mary Astell

To all the rest of his Absurdities, (for vice is always unreasonable,) he adds one more, who expects that Vertue from another which he…

— Mary Astell

none can be Tyrants but Cowards.

— Mary Astell

Every one knows, that the mind will not be kept from contemplating what it loves in the midst of crowds and business. Hence come…

— Mary Astell

friendship is a virtue which comprehends all the rest; none being fit for this, who is not adorned with every other virtue.

— Mary Astell

We ought as much as we can to endeavour the Perfecting of our Beings, and that we be as happy as possibly we may.

— Mary Astell

We must Think what we Say, and Mean what we Profess.

— Mary Astell

How can you be content to be in the world like tulips in a garden, to make a fine show, and be good for…

— Mary Astell

Women are not so well united as to form an Insurrection. They are for the most part wise enough to love their Chains, and…

— Mary Astell