"We must Think what we Say, and Mean…" — Mary Astell

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

— 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…
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.

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By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. — Hannah Arendt
To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would… — Hannah Arendt
Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. — Hannah Arendt
These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties. — Hannah Arendt
I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth… — Pietro Aretino
Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood. — Pietro Aretino
I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences. — Dario Argento
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