Quote by Mary Astell
If all men are born free, why is it that all women are born slaves

If all men are born free, why is it that all women are born slaves? – Mary Astell

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Ignorance and a narrow education lay the foundation of vice, and imitation and custom rear it up. – Mary Astell

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Education
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Although it has been said by men of more wit than wisdom, and perhaps more malice than either, that women are naturally incapable of acting prudently, or that they are necessarily determined to folly, I must by no means grant it. – Mary Astell

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Wisdom
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We have done almost everything in pairs since Noah, except govern. And the world has suffered for it. – Bella Abzug

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There are certainly are not so many men of large fortune in the world as there are of pretty woman to deserve them. – Jane Austen

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Women have got to make the world safe for men since men have made it so darned unsafe for women. – Nancy Astor

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When a woman is very, very bad, she is awful, but when a man is correspondingly good, he is weird. – Minna Antrim

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