Mary Astell · Skopia

Quotes

3

Essay · Feminist literature

Fetters of gold are still fetters, and the softest lining can never make them so easy as liberty.

An Essay in Defence of the Female Sex · 1696

★ 3.5

If all men are born free, how is it that all women are born slaves?

Some Reflections Upon Marriage · 1706

★ 2.0

Tis less to be wonder'd at that women marry off in haste, for if they took time to consider and reflect upon it, they seldom would.

Some Reflections Upon Marriage · 1700

★ 1.9