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A Vindiction of the Rights of Woman · 1792
How can a rational being be ennobled by any thing that is not obtained by its own exertions?
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman · 1792
Thoughts on the Education of Daughters · 1787
I do not wish them to have power over men; but over themselves.
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman · 1792
It is justice, not charity, that is wanting in the world.
A Vindiction of the Rights of Woman · 1792
No man chooses evil, because it is evil; he only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks.
A Vindication of the Rights of Men · 1790