Mary Astell

We must Think what we Say, and Mean what we Profess. ↗

— Mary Astell

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We ought as much as we can to endeavour the Perfecting of our Beings, and that we be as happy as possibly we may. ↗

— Mary Astell

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Whilst our Hearts are violently set upon any thing, there is no convincing us that we shall ever be of another Mind. ↗

— Mary Astell

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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

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

— Mary Astell

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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

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

— Mary Astell

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Every Body has so good an Opinion of their own Understanding as to think their own way the best. ↗

— Mary Astell

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

— Mary Astell

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