Quote by Mary Astell
The design of Rhetoric is to remove those Prejudices that lie in t

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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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 all agree that its fit to be as Happy as we can, and we need no Instructor to teach us this Knowledge, tis born with us, and is inseparable from our Being, but we very much need to be Informd what is the true Way to Happiness. – Mary Astell

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Happiness
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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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design
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The garden, by design, is concerned with both the interior and the land beyond the garden. – Stephen Gardiner

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design

I have always had an interest in fashion and design and I appreciate style and timelessness within my footwear and accessories both on and off the court. – Maria Sharapova

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design

To be able to design for the plus-sized consumer, for me, thats just beyond. Its a dream. – Khloe Kardashian

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design

When you say design, everybody thinks of magazine pages. So its an emotive word. Everybody thinks its how something looks, whereas for me, design is pretty much everything. – James Dyson

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design

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I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never of any use to oneself. – Oscar Wilde

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good

Little girls are cute and small only to adults. To one another they are not cute. They are life-sized. – Margaret Atwood

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Children

Mr Speaker, I said the honourable Member was a liar it is true and I am sorry for it. The honourable Member may place the punctuation where he pleases. – Attributed to Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751–1816), responding to a rebuk

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Grammar

The atom bombs are piling up in the factories, the police are prowling through the cities, the lies are streaming from the loudspeakers, but the earth is still going round the sun. – George Orwell, Shooting an Elephant, 1950

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Society