"Fetters of gold are still fetters, and the……" — Mary Astell

Fetters of gold are still fetters, and the softest lining can never… - Mary Astell

"Fetters of gold are still fetters, and the softest lining can never make them so easy as liberty."

— Mary Astell

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46 Quotes by Mary Astell

Mary Astell has 46 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Truth is strong, and sometime or other will prevail.
The design of Rhetoric is to remove those Prejudices that lie in the way of Truth, to Reduce the Passions…
The Span of Life is too short to be trifled away in unconcerning and unprofitable Matters.
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…
Ignorance and a narrow education lay the foundation of vice, and imitation and custom rear it up.
That which has not a real excellency and value in it self, entertains no longer than the giddy Humour which…
The Steps to Folly as well as Sin are gradual, and almost imperceptible, and when we are once on the…
Every one knows, that the mind will not be kept from contemplating what it loves in the midst of crowds…
Hitherto I have courted Truth with a kind of Romantick Passion, in spite of all Difficulties and Discouragements: for knowledge…
Your glass will not do you half so much service as a serious reflection on your own minds.
Nor can the Apostle mean that Eve only sinned; or that she only was Deceived, for if Adam sinned willfully…

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More Easy Quotes

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Anybody can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right… — Aristotle
In order to live free and happily you must sacrifice boredom. It is not always an easy sacrifice. — Richard Bach
The police can't protect consumers. People need to be more aware and educated about identity theft. You need to be… — Frank Abagnale
And it is easy to believe you are not good enough if you listen to everybody else. — Mackenzie Astin
It's not easy to take a sit-com and turn it into a feature. — Rowan Atkinson
It's frightening how easy it is to commit murder in America. Just a drink too much. I can see myself… — Wystan Hugh Auden
I know the power obedience has of making things easy which seem impossible. — Teresa of Avila
It's easy to play any musical instrument: all you have to do is touch the right key at the right… — Johann Sebastian Bach
I want to do something creative, not just easy. — Sebastian Bach
It's too easy to do your own site to not have one these days. I guess everyone has one. — Sebastian Bach
Basically no, I mean I think that it's very easy to like I say, smoke a joint or even to… — Lester Bangs
Any idiot can get laid when they're famous. That's easy. It's getting laid when you're not famous that takes some… — Kevin Bacon

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