A rude nature is worse than a brute nature by so much more as man is better than a beast: and those that are of civil natures and genteel dispositions are as much nearer to celestial creatures as those that are rude and cruel are to devils.
Indeed I had not much wit, yet I was not an idiot - my wit was according to my years. - Margaret Cavendish
Indeed I had not much wit, yet I was not an idiot - my wit was according to my years.
- Margaret Cavendish
Indeed, I was so afraid to dishonour my friends and family by my indiscreet actions, that I rather chose to be accounted a fool, than to be thought r… - Margaret Cavendish
Indeed, I was so afraid to dishonour my friends and family by my indiscreet actions, that I rather chose to be accounted a fool, than to be thought r…
And though I might have learnt more wit and advanced my understanding by living in a Court, yet being dull, fearful and bashful, I neither heeded wha… - Margaret Cavendish
And though I might have learnt more wit and advanced my understanding by living in a Court, yet being dull, fearful and bashful, I neither heeded wha…
Pain and Oblivion make mankind afraid to die; but all creatures are afraid of the one, none but mankind afraid of the other. - Margaret Cavendish
Pain and Oblivion make mankind afraid to die; but all creatures are afraid of the one, none but mankind afraid of the other.
Not that I am ashamed of my mind or body, my birth or breeding, my actions or fortunes, for my bashfulness is in my nature, not for any crime. - Margaret Cavendish
Not that I am ashamed of my mind or body, my birth or breeding, my actions or fortunes, for my bashfulness is in my nature, not for any crime.
Prosperity is like perfume, it often makes the head ache. - Margaret Cavendish
Prosperity is like perfume, it often makes the head ache.
First, they were bred when I was not capable to observe or before I was born; likewise the breeding of men is of a different manner from that of wome… - Margaret Cavendish
First, they were bred when I was not capable to observe or before I was born; likewise the breeding of men is of a different manner from that of wome…
For Pleasure, Delight, Peace and Felicity live in method and temperance. - Margaret Cavendish
For Pleasure, Delight, Peace and Felicity live in method and temperance.
Marriage is the grave or tomb of wit. - Margaret Cavendish
Marriage is the grave or tomb of wit.
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