"My education was neglected, yet I was passionately……" — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

My education was neglected, yet I was passionately fond of reading. - Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

"My education was neglected, yet I was passionately fond of reading."

— Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

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150 Quotes by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

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I saw and heard of none like me. Was I then a monster, a blot upon the earth, from which…
My dreams were all my own; I accounted for them to nobody; they were my refuge when annoyed - my…
It was the secrets of heaven and earth that I desired to learn.
You seek for knowledge and wisdom as I once did; and I ardently hope that the gratification of your wishes…
Everything must have a beginning ... and that beginning must be linked to something that went before.
Teach him to think for himself? Oh, my God, teach him rather to think like other people!
Ennui, the demon, waited at the threshold of his noiseless refuge, and drove away the stirring hopes and enlivening expectations,…
I required kindness and sympathy, but I did not believe myself utterly unworthy of it.
My candle was nearly burnt out, when, by the glimmer of the half-extinguished light, I saw the dull yellow eye…
The moon gazed on my midnight labours, while, with unrelaxed and breathless eagerness, I pursued nature to her hiding places.
The instructor can scarcely give sensibility where it is essentially wanting, nor talent to the unpercipient block. But he can…
At the age of twenty six I am in the condition of an aged person — all my old friends…

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It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. — Aristotle
The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet. — Aristotle
Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them… — Aristotle
Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity. — Aristotle
All men by nature desire knowledge. — Aristotle
The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living from the dead. — Aristotle
Education is the best provision for old age. — Aristotle
You teach best what you most need to learn. — Richard Bach
The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work. — Richard Bach
Music - that's been my education. There's not a day that goes by that I take it for granted. — Billie Joe Armstrong
Don't limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as… — Mary Kay Ash
When bright young minds can't afford college, America pays the price. — Arthur Ashe

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