Mary Wollstonecraft

women power men themselves

“I do not wish them [women] to have power over men; but over themselves.”

― Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797)

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“The beginning is always today.”

― Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797)

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“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)

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“It is vain to expect virtue from women till they are in some degree independent of men.”

― Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797)

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“Simplicity and sincerity generally go hand in hand, as both proceed from a love of truth.”

― Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797)

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“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)

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“But what a weak barrier is truth when it stands in the way of an hypothesis!”

― Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797)

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“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)

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“All the sacred rights of humanity are violated by insisting on blind obedience.”

― Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797)

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“It is justice, not charity, that is wanting in the world!”

― Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797)

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“Those who are bold enough to advance before the age they live in...must learn to brave censure.”

― Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797)