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Quote of the Day Fresh quotes Topics Authors I'm Feeling Lucky Disable ads! 44 quotes by Mary Astell A Serious Proposal to the Ladies for the Advancement of their True and Greatest Interest. By a Lover of Her Sex. 1694, 1695, 1696 1697 (two printings), 1701, 1703 Some Reflections Upon Marriage, Occasioned by the Duke and Dutchess of Mazarine's Case; Which is Also Considered. London: Printed for John Nutt, near Stationers-Hall, 1700 1700, Also: 1703, 1706, 1730 (two editions) A Fair Way with Dissenters and their Patrons. Not writ by Mr. L – - –... Read full biography of Mary Astell → 1 2 3 4 Ctrl → Truth is strong, and sometime or other will prevail. 0 How can you be content to be in the world like tulips in a garden, to make a fine show, and be good for nothing. 0 The design of Rhetoric is to remove those Prejudices that lie in the way of Truth, to Reduce the Passions to the Government of Reasons; to place our... → 0 Your glass will not do you half so much service as a serious reflection on your own minds. 0 If all men are born free, how is it that all women are born slaves? 0 The Span of Life is too short to be trifled away in unconcerning and unprofitable Matters. 0 None of God's Creatures absolutely consider'd are in their own Nature Contemptible; the meanest Fly, the poorest Insect has its Use and... → 0 Ignorance and a narrow education lay the foundation of vice, and imitation and custom rear it up. 0 Marry for Love, an Heroick Action, which makes a mighty noise in the World, partly because of its rarity, and partly in regard of its extravagancy. 0 Unhappy is that Grandeur which makes us too great to be good; and that Wit which sets us at a distance from true Wisdom. 0 Every one knows, that the mind will not be kept from contemplating what it loves in the midst of crowds and business. Hence come those frequent... → 0 Nor can the Apostle mean that Eve only sinned; or that she only was Deceived, for if Adam sinned willfully and knowingly, he became the greater... → 0 Although it has been said by men of more wit than wisdom, and perhaps more malice than either, that women are naturally incapable of acting... → 0 1 2 3 4 Ctrl → Add a quote!


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44 quotes by Mary Astell