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Quote by Mary Wollstonecraft
Children, I grant, should be innocent but when the epithet is appl

Children, I grant, should be innocent but when the epithet is applied to men, or women, it is but a civil term for weakness. – Mary Wollstonecraft

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Taught from infancy that beauty is womans sceptre, the mind shapes itself to the body, and roaming round its gilt cage, only seeks to adorn its prison. – Mary Wollstonecraft

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Beauty
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I do earnestly wish to see the distinction of sex confounded in society, unless where love animates the behaviour. – Mary Wollstonecraft

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Society
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If the abstract rights of man will bear discussion and explanation, those of women, by a parity of reasoning, will not shrink from the same test. – Mary Wollstonecraft

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Women are the largest untapped reservoir of talent in the world. – Hillary Clinton

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And I highly recommend for all the women in the world, even if theyre 71, you can never take for granted that he loves you. Its always good to flirt with him. Its a great sport. – Salma Hayek

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The main difference between men and women is that men are lunatics and women are idiots. – Rebecca West

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Women speak two languages — one of which is verbal. – William Shakespeare

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