"Ignorance and a narrow education lay the foundation……" — Mary Astell

Ignorance and a narrow education lay the foundation of vice, and imitation… - Mary Astell

"Ignorance and a narrow education lay the foundation of vice, and imitation and custom rear it up."

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

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Custom is second nature. — Saint Augustine
Let it be your constant method to look into the design of people's actions, and see what they would be… — Marcus Aurelius
The custom of speaking to God Almighty as freely as with a slave - caring nothing whether the words are… — Teresa of Avila
People usually think according to their inclinations, speak according to their learning and ingrained opinions, but generally act according to… — Francis Bacon
No man ever looks at the world with pristine eyes. He sees it edited by a definite set of customs… — Ruth Benedict
Custom reconciles us to everything. — Edmund Burke
Morality is the custom of one's country and the current feeling of one's peers. — Samuel Butler
It is an old custom amongst Jewish children, to become war-like on the 'L'ag Beomer.' They arm themselves from head… — Sholom Aleichem
The customs and fashions of men change like leaves on the bough, some of which go and others come. — Dante Alighieri
Custom has made dancing sometimes necessary for a young man; therefore mind it while you learn it, that you may… — Lord Chesterfield
The best interpreter of the law is custom. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
I believe what really happens in history is this: the old man is always wrong; and the young people are… — Gilbert K. Chesterton

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