To plead for the Oppress'd and to defend the Weak seem'd to me a generous undertaking; for tho' it may be secure, 'tis not always Honourable to run over to the strongest party.
If all men are born free, why is it that all women are born slaves? - Mary Astell
If all men are born free, why is it that all women are born slaves?
- Mary Astell
Truth is strong, and sometime or other will prevail. - Mary Astell
Truth is strong, and sometime or other will prevail.
For certainly there cannot be a higher pleasure than to think that we love and are beloved by the most amiable and best Being. - Mary Astell
For certainly there cannot be a higher pleasure than to think that we love and are beloved by the most amiable and best Being.
If God had not intended that Women shou'd use their Reason, He wou'd not have given them any, 'for He does nothing in vain. - Mary Astell
If God had not intended that Women shou'd use their Reason, He wou'd not have given them any, 'for He does nothing in vain.
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. - Mary Astell
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.
A woman indeed can't properly be said to choose, all that is allowed her, is to refuse or accept what is offered. - Mary Astell
A woman indeed can't properly be said to choose, all that is allowed her, is to refuse or accept what is offered.
The Span of Life is too short to be trifled away in unconcerning and unprofitable Matters. - Mary Astell
The Span of Life is too short to be trifled away in unconcerning and unprofitable Matters.
Women are from their very infancy debarred those Advantages with the want of which they are afterwards reproached. - Mary Astell
Women are from their very infancy debarred those Advantages with the want of which they are afterwards reproached.
We must Think what we Say, and Mean what we Profess. - Mary Astell
We must Think what we Say, and Mean what we Profess.
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