"That which has not a real excellency and……" — Mary Astell
"That which has not a real excellency and value in it self, entertains no longer than the giddy Humour which recommended it to us holds."
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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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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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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 Entertains Quotes
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What is merit? The opinion one man entertains of another.
— Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
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Gentlemen, welcome to the world of reality – there is no audience. No one to applaud, to admire. No one…
— David Foster
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Humour breaks down boundaries, it topples our self-importance, it connects people, and because it engages and entertains, it ultimately enlightens.
— John Agard
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What should we think of someone who never admits error, never entertains doubt but adheres unflinchingly to the same ideas…
— Diane Ravitch
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Most of us here in the media are what I call infotainers...Rush Limbaugh is what I call a disinfotainer. He…
— Al Franken
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Our virtues are dearer to us the more we have had to suffer for them. It is the same with…
— George Eliot
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He lies below, correct in cypress wood, And entertains the most exclusive worms.
— Dorothy Parker
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There's a great freedom of forms and intonations in Luigi Fontanella's poetry. He doesn't take a strong formal stand; his…
— Unknown Author
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With engaging prose, Engelman takes readers on a delightful journey?that both entertains and educates ? of modern civilization and women's…
— Unknown Author
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Adam Roberts is the affable and infectiously curious friend we all wish we had with us in the kitchen—the one…
— Unknown Author
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Desmo is my guard dog, but he has a sweet side, too. Nothing entertains him (or me) more than when…
— Debi Mazar
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His lips soften into a smile that cracks apart my spine. He repeats my name like the word amuses him.…
— Tahereh Mafi
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