Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Quotes


I do not wish women to have power over men; but over themselves. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Women 114
My dreams were all my own I accounted for them to nobody they were my refuge when annoyed - my dearest pleasure when free. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley dreams 85
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 Shelley Innocence 83
It is hardly surprising that women concentrate on the way they look instead of what is in their minds since not much has been put in their minds to begin with. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Begin 80
Life is obstinate and clings closest where it is most hated. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Life 78
My dreams were at once more fantastic and agreeable than my writings. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley dreams 78
The same energy of character which renders a man a daring villain would have rendered him useful in society, had that society been well organized. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Character 73
And now, once again, I bid my hideous progeny go forth and prosper. I have an affection for it, for it was the offspring of happy days, when death and grief were but words, which found no true echo in my heart. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Affection 72
A slavish bondage to parents cramps every faculty of the mind. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Bondage 72
Standing armies can never consist of resolute robust men; they may be well-disciplined machines, but they will seldom contain men under the influence of strong passions, or with very vigorous faculties. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Military 71
Teach him to think for himself? Oh, my God, teach him rather to think like other people! Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley God 70
Every political good carried to the extreme must be productive of evil. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Carried 65
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: though a different opinion prevails in this country. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Women 52
Nothing contributes so much to tranquillize the mind as a steady purpose - a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Meditation 42
What terrified me will terrify others; and I need only describe the spectre which had haunted my midnight pillow. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Describe 42
Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose - a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Contributes 35
The agony of my feelings allowed me no respite; no incident occurred from which my rage and misery could not extract its food. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Food 28
Independence I have long considered as the grand blessing of life, the basis of every virtue; and independence I will ever secure by contracting my wants, though I were to live on a barren heath. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Independence 27
No man chooses evil because it is evil; he only mistakes it for happiness. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Evil 25

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