Mary Astell Quotes

Why is Slavery so much condemn'd and strove against in one Case, and so highly applauded and held so necessary and so sacred in another?
Mary Astell

Women are from their very infancy debarred those Advantages with the want of which they are afterwards reproached.
Mary Astell

Women are not so well united as to form an Insurrection. They are for the most part wise enough to love their Chains, and to discern how becomingly they fit.
Mary Astell

Women need not take up with mean things, since (if they are not wanting to themselves) they are capable of the best.
Mary Astell

Your glass will not do you half so much service as a serious reflection on your own minds.
Mary Astell

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Mary Astell Quotes

Type: Writer Quotes Category: English Writer Quotes Date of Birth: December 12, 1666 Date of Death: May 11, 1731 Nationality: English Find on Amazon: Mary Astell Related Authors: Thomas Paine Rudyard Kipling Gilbert K. Chesterton Joseph Addison Quentin Crisp Douglas Adams John Ruskin Agatha Christie Alain de Botton	1 - 2 - 3 Why is Slavery so much condemn'd and strove against in one Case, and so highly applauded and held so necessary and so sacred in another? Mary Astell Women are from their very infancy debarred those Advantages with the want of which they are afterwards reproached. Mary Astell Women are not so well united as to form an Insurrection. They are for the most part wise enough to love their Chains, and to discern how becomingly they fit. Mary Astell Women need not take up with mean things, since (if they are not wanting to themselves) they are capable of the best. Mary Astell Your glass will not do you half so much service as a serious reflection on your own minds. Mary Astell 1 - 2 - 3