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Political literature9 quotes
No man chooses evil, because it is evil; he only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks. — Mary Wollstonecraft · 1790It is justice, not charity, that is wanting in the world. — Mary Wollstonecraft · 1792Virtue can only flourish amongst equals. — Mary Wollstonecraft · 1790I do not wish them to have power over men; but over themselves. — Mary Wollstonecraft · 1792Women are systematically degraded by receiving the trivial attentions, which men think it manly to pay to the sex, when, in fact, they are insultingly supporting their own superiority. — Mary Wollstonecraft · 1792Taught from their infancy that beauty is woman’s sceptre, the mind shapes itself to the body, and, roaming round its gilt cage, only seeks to adorn its prison. — Mary Wollstonecraft · 1792All 9 quotes →Feminist literature7 quotes
It is justice, not charity, that is wanting in the world. — Mary Wollstonecraft · 1792I do not wish them to have power over men; but over themselves. — Mary Wollstonecraft · 1792Women are systematically degraded by receiving the trivial attentions, which men think it manly to pay to the sex, when, in fact, they are insultingly supporting their own superiority. — Mary Wollstonecraft · 1792Taught from their infancy that beauty is woman’s sceptre, the mind shapes itself to the body, and, roaming round its gilt cage, only seeks to adorn its prison. — Mary Wollstonecraft · 1792How can a rational being be ennobled by any thing that is not obtained by its own exertions? — Mary Wollstonecraft · 1792Till society is very differently constituted, parents, I fear, will still insist on being obeyed, because they will be obeyed, because they will be obeyed, and constantly endeavor to settle that power on a Divine right which will not bear the investigation of reason. — Mary Wollstonecraft · 1792All 7 quotes →