"That Man indeed can never be good at……" — Mary Astell
"That Man indeed can never be good at heart, who is full of himself and his own Endowments."
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46 Quotes by Mary Astell
Mary Astell has 46 quotes on this site.
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Truth is strong, and sometime or other will prevail.
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The design of Rhetoric is to remove those Prejudices that lie in the way of Truth, to Reduce the Passions…
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The Span of Life is too short to be trifled away in unconcerning and unprofitable Matters.
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It is not the Head but the Heart that is the Seat of Atheism.
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None of God's Creatures absolutely consider'd are in their own Nature Contemptible; the meanest Fly, the poorest Insect has its…
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Ignorance and a narrow education lay the foundation of vice, and imitation and custom rear it up.
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That which has not a real excellency and value in it self, entertains no longer than the giddy Humour which…
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The Steps to Folly as well as Sin are gradual, and almost imperceptible, and when we are once on the…
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Every one knows, that the mind will not be kept from contemplating what it loves in the midst of crowds…
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Hitherto I have courted Truth with a kind of Romantick Passion, in spite of all Difficulties and Discouragements: for knowledge…
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Fetters of gold are still fetters, and the softest lining can never make them so easy as liberty.
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Your glass will not do you half so much service as a serious reflection on your own minds.
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More Endowment Quotes
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Nothing is more noble, nothing more venerable than fidelity. Faithfulness and truth are the most sacred excellences and endowments of…
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
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The existence of any pure race with special endowments is a myth, as is the belief that there are races…
— Franz Boas
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"Endow scientific research and we shall know the truth, when and where it is possible to ascertain it;" but the…
— Karl Pearson
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In the beginning of his human life man was embryonic in the world of the matrix. There he received capacity…
— Abdu'l-Bahá
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From time to time, ask yourself these questions: "Am I ready to meet my Maker?" "Am I worthy of all…
— Russell M. Nelson
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Such philosophy as shall not vanish in the fume of subtile, sublime, or delectable speculation but shall be operative to…
— Francis Bacon
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Men are not gentle, friendly creatures wishing for love, who simply defend themselves if they are attacked, but ... a…
— Sigmund Freud
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Faithfulness and truth are the most sacred excellences and endowments of the human mind.
— Vince Lombardi
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Why does everyone take for granted that we don't learn to grow arms, but rather, are designed to grow arms?…
— Noam Chomsky
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I consider the differences between man and animals in propensities, feelings, and intellectual faculties, to be the result of the…
— Sir William Lawrence, 1st Baronet
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The gift of faith is a priceless spiritual endowment... Our faith is centered in God our Father, and Jesus Christ,…
— Neil L. Andersen
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Finally it may be said that the temple endowment is not secret. All who meet the requirements for entrance to…
— John Andreas Widtsoe
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