“I do not wish them [women] to have power over men; but over themselves.”
― Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797)
“The beginning is always today.”
― Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797)
“If we revert to history, we shall find that the women who have distinguished themselves have neither been the most beautiful nor the most gentle of their sex.”
― Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797)
“It is vain to expect virtue from women till they are in some degree independent of men.”
― Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797)
“Simplicity and sincerity generally go hand in hand, as both proceed from a love of truth.”
― Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797)
“My dreams were all my own; I accounted for them to nobody; they were my refuge when annoyed - my dearest pleasure when free.”
― Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797)
“But what a weak barrier is truth when it stands in the way of an hypothesis!”
― Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797)
“England and America owe their liberty to commerce, which created a new species of power to undermine the feudal system. But let them beware of the consequences: the tyranny of wealth is still more galling and debasing than that of rank.”
― Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797)
“All the sacred rights of humanity are violated by insisting on blind obedience.”
― Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797)
“It is justice, not charity, that is wanting in the world!”
― Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797)
“Those who are bold enough to advance before the age they live in...must learn to brave censure.”
― Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797)