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Rights of Man · 1792

★ 7.3

Philosophical literature · Political literature

I compare it to something behind a curtain, about which there is a great deal of bustle and fuss, and a wonderful air of seeming solemnity; but when by an accident, the curtain happens to be opened, and the company see what it is, they burst into laughter.

Thomas Paine

Rights of Man · 1792

★ 5.4

Poem

He who binds to himself a joy Does the winged life destroy; But he who kisses the joy as it flies Lives in eternity's sunrise.

William Blake

1792

★ 5.4

Poem

Love to faults is always blind, Always is to joy inclin'd, Lawless, wing'd, and unconfin'd, And breaks all chains from every mind.

William Blake

1792

★ 5.4

Speech · Political speech

Old religious factions are volcanoes burnt out.

Edmund Burke

Speech on the Petition of the Unitarians, May 11, 1792 · 1792

★ 5.4

Poem

If you trap the moment before it's ripe, The tears of repentance you'll certainly wipe; But if once you let the ripe moment go You can never wipe off the tears of woe.

William Blake

1792

★ 5.3

Political literature · Feminist literature

It is justice, not charity, that is wanting in the world.

Mary Wollstonecraft

A Vindiction of the Rights of Woman · 1792

★ 4.7

Political literature · Feminist literature

I do not wish them to have power over men; but over themselves.

Mary Wollstonecraft

A Vindication of the Rights of Woman · 1792

★ 3.9

Political literature · Feminist literature

Women 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

A Vindiction of the Rights of Woman · 1792

★ 3.7

Political literature · Feminist literature

Taught 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

A Vindication of the Rights of Woman · 1792

★ 3.7

Philosophical literature · Political literature

A thing, moderately good, is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper, is always a virtue; but moderation in principle, is a species of vice.

Thomas Paine

Rights of Man · 1792

★ 3.7

Poem

Abstinence sows sand all over The ruddy limbs and flaming hair, But Desire gratified Plants fruits of life and beauty there.

William Blake

1792

★ 3.7

Essay · Newspaper · Political literature

In every political society, parties are unavoidable. A difference of interests, real or supposed is the most natural and fruitful source of them...the great art of politicians lies in making them checks and balances to each other.

James Madison

Parties · 1792

★ 3.6

Poem

Never seek to tell thy love Love that never told can be; For the gentle wind does move Silently, invisibly. I told my love, I told my love, I told her all my heart; Trembling, cold, in ghastly fears - Ah, she doth depart.

William Blake

1792

★ 3.6

Personal journal

Give a man the secure possession of bleak rock, and he will turn it into a garden; give him nine years lease of a garden, and he will convert it into a desert.

Arthur Young

1792

★ 3.5

Political literature · Feminist literature

How can a rational being be ennobled by any thing that is not obtained by its own exertions?

Mary Wollstonecraft

A Vindication of the Rights of Woman · 1792

★ 2.9

Political literature · Feminist literature

Till 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

A Vindiction of the Rights of Woman · 1792

★ 2.9

Letter

Never fear the want of business. A man who qualifies himself well for his calling, never fails of employment.

Thomas Jefferson

1792

★ 2.1

Essay · Newspaper

The class of citizens who provide at once their own food and their own raiment, may be viewed as the most truly independent and happy.

James Madison

1792

★ 2.0

Political literature · Feminist literature

It would be an endless task to trace the variety of meannesses, cares, and sorrows, into which women are plunged by the prevailing opinion, that they were created rather to feel than reason.

Mary Wollstonecraft

A Vindication of the Rights of Woman · 1792

★ 2.0

Speech · Political speech

Citizens, would you want a revolution without revolution?

Maximilien Robespierre

1792

★ 2.0

Philosophical literature · Political literature

What is called monarchy, always appears to me a silly, contemptible thing. I compare it to something kept behind a curtain, about which there is a great deal of bustle and fuss, and a wonderful air of seeming solemnity; but when, by any accident, the curtain happens to be open, and the company see what it is, they burst into laughter.

Thomas Paine

Rights of Man · 1792

★ 1.2