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Mary Wollstonecraft Quotes: The being cannot be termed rational or virtuous, who obeys any authority, but that of reason.
         

The being cannot be termed rational or virtuous, who obeys any authority, but that of reason.


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



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Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful.



Taught from 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.

Taught from 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.



Accursed creator! Why did you form a monster so hideous that even you turned from me in disgust?

Accursed creator! Why did you form a monster so hideous that even you turned from me in disgust?




No man chooses evil because it's evil. He only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks.

No man chooses evil because it's evil. He only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks.



Women do not want power over men, they want power over themselves.

Women do not want power over men, they want power over themselves.



Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose - a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.

Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose - a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.



If I cannot inspire love, I will cause fear!

If I cannot inspire love, I will cause fear!






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