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That which has not a real excellency and value in it self, entertains no longer than the giddy Humour which recommended it to us holds. ↗

— Mary Astell

#giddy #holds #humour #longer #real

God is His own Design and End, and that there is no other Worthy of Him. ↗

— Mary Astell

#end #god #him #his #other

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

#does #given #god #had #intended

That Man indeed can never be good at heart, who is full of himself and his own Endowments. ↗

— Mary Astell

#full #good #heart #himself #his

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

#defend #generous #honourable #may #me

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

#endeavour #happy #may #much #ought

Let's not pretend that abortion isn't about the mass slaughter of innocents. ↗

— Michael Aston

#about #innocents #mass #pretend #slaughter

I don't like when people try to put a spin and have a second agenda to make a person look bad. ↗

— Robert Atkins

#bad #i #like #look #make

I mean I can do it when I'm very relaxed, and with good friends, then I think I can be amusing. ↗

— Rowan Atkinson

#friends #good #good friends #i #i can

I think the character does tend to suit an episodic thing, because what's fun about him is that he doesn't care about anyone else, and it's very difficult for a main character - a lead character - in a movie to not care about anybody else. ↗

— Rowan Atkinson

#anybody #anyone #because #care #character