Quote by Mary Astell
Unhappy is that Grandeur which makes us too great to be good and t

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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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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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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How can a Man respect his Wife when he has a contemptible Opinion of her and her Sex? – Mary Astell

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What is all wisdom save a collection of platitudes? – Norman Douglas

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The beginning of our destruction started the day we began destroying ancient wisdom. – Mike Dolan, @HawaiianLife

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Wisdom is not what you know but how quickly you adjust when the opposite proves true. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Discipline is wisdom and vice versa. – M. Scott Peck

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This is, I say, the time for all good men not to go to the aid of their party, but to come to the aid of their country. – Eugene McCarthy

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People are too durable, thats their main trouble. They can do too much to themselves, they last too long. – Bertolt Brecht

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