Boast Quote by Mary Wollstonecraft

Every woman whether rich or poor, married or single, has a circle of influence within which, according to her character, she is exerting a…

— John Angell James

You know, [women] do not really condemn any weakness: rather, they try to humiliate or disarm our strengths. That is why women arethe reward,…

— Albert Camus

“Eliza has no use for the foolish romantic tradition that all women love to be mastered, if not actually bullied and beaten. "When you…

— George Bernard Shaw

Another writer asserts that the tyranny of man over woman has its roots, after all, in his nobler feelings; his love, his chivalry, and…

— Susan B. Anthony

When women oppose themselves to the projects and ambition of men, they excite their lively resentment; if in their youth they meddle with political…

— Madame de Stael

“It is in vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquillity: they must have action; and they will make it if…

— Charlotte Brontë

A woman is sometimes fugitive, irrational, indeterminable, illogical and contradictory. A great deal of forbearance ought to be shown her, and a good deal…

— Henri Frederic Amiel

Women are degraded by the propensity to enjoy the present moment, and, at last, despise the freedom which they have not sufficient virtue to…

— Mary Wollstonecraft

Sometimes women are so great and powerful, but then they surrender to these vain things. They kind of fall for it.

— Lykke Li

All history attests that man has subjected woman to his will, used her as a means to promote his selfish gratification, to minister to…

— Sarah Moore Grimke

Most virtue is a demand for greater seduction.

— Natalie Clifford Barney

“Yea, many there be that have run out of their wits for women, and become servants for their sakes. Many also have perished, have…

— Thomas Hardy