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 More Quotes by Mary Astell More Quotes From Mary Astell Truth is strong, and sometime or other will prevail. Mary Astell truth-will-prevail truth-is strong Your glass will not do you half so much service as a serious reflection on your own minds. Mary Astell glasses reflection mind If none were to Marry, but Men of strict Vertue and Honour, I doubt the World would be but thinly peopled. Mary Astell would-be doubt men 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. Mary Astell glitter party running Every one knows, that the mind will not be kept from contemplating what it loves in the midst of crowds and business. Hence come those frequent absences, so observable in conversation; for whilst the body is confined to present company, the mind is flown to that which it delights in. Mary Astell delight body mind Fetters of gold are still fetters, and the softest lining can never make them so easy as liberty. Mary Astell diversity liberty justice We must Think what we Say, and Mean what we Profess. Mary Astell mean thinking We all agree that its fit to be as Happy as we can, and we need no Instructor to teach us this Knowledge, 'tis born with us, and is inseparable from our Being, but we very much need to be Inform'd what is the true Way to Happiness. Mary Astell fit way needs 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 use reason doe Women are from their very infancy debarred those Advantages with the want of which they are afterwards reproached. Mary Astell infancy-is advantage want If all men are born free, why is it that all women are born slaves? Mary Astell slave birth men That Man indeed can never be good at heart, who is full of himself and his own Endowments. Mary Astell be-good heart men None of us whether Men or Women but have so good an Opinion of our own Conduct as to believe we are fit, if not to direct others, at least to govern our selves. Mary Astell self men believe The Span of Life is too short to be trifled away in unconcerning and unprofitable Matters. Mary Astell too-short matter life Every Body has so good an Opinion of their own Understanding as to think their own way the best. Mary Astell understanding body thinking If absolute sovereignty be not necessary in a State, how comes it to be so in a family? Mary Astell sovereignty absolutes states He who will be just, must be forc'd to acknowledge, that neither Sex are always in the right. Mary Astell acknowledge sex Tis very great pity that they who are so apt to over-rate themselves in smaller matters, shou'd, where it most concerns them to know, and stand upon their Value, be so insensible of their own worth. Mary Astell rate pity matter none can be Tyrants but Cowards. Mary Astell tyrants coward tyranny The design of Rhetoric is to remove those Prejudices that lie in the way of Truth, to Reduce the Passions to the Government of Reasons; to place our Subject in a Right Light, and excite our Hearers to a due consideration of it. Mary Astell passion light lying
