If all men are born free, how is it that all women are born slaves? – Mary Astell
Ignorance and a narrow education lay the foundation of vice, and imitation and custom rear it up. – Mary Astell

If all men are born free, how is it that all women are born slaves? – Mary Astell
Ignorance and a narrow education lay the foundation of vice, and imitation and custom rear it up. – Mary Astell
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
Every Body has so good an Opinion of their own Understanding as to think their own way the best. – Mary Astell