Quote by Mary Astell
But, alas! what poor Woman is ever taught that she should have a h

But, alas! what poor Woman is ever taught that she should have a higher Design than to get her a Husband? – Mary Astell

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Unhappy is that Grandeur which makes us too great to be good and that Wit which sets us at a distance from true Wisdom. – Mary Astell

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Wisdom
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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

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So that ideas of sort of relaxed symmetry have been something for years that I have been concerned with because I think that symmetry is a neutral shape as opposed to a form of design. – Robert Rauschenberg

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Once you understand this way, you will be able to make your room alive you will be able to design a house together with your family a garden for your children places where you can work beautiful terraces where you can sit and dream. – Christopher Alexander

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Design is not just what it looks like. Design is how it works. – Steve Jobs

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My style is kind of eclectic and I dont like to do the same thing over and over again. I like to have fun and explore myself so you wont see the same design. – Venus Williams

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