My husband - my king.
Mary WollstonecraftIt is vain to expect virtue from women till they are in some degree independent of men.
Mary WollstonecraftTags: empowerment gender women morality freedom virtue feminism self-determination misogyny hypocrisy independence double-standards social-norms
[I]f we revert to history, we shall find that the women who have distinguished themselves have neither been the most beautiful nor the most gentle of their sex.
Mary WollstonecraftTags: intelligence greatness empowerment gender women beauty history self-determination achievement stereotypes clichés distinction gentleness
I like to see your eyes praise me and, during such recitals, there are interruptions, not ungrateful to the heart, when the honey that drops from the lips is not merely words.
Mary WollstonecraftI do not wish them [women] to have power over men; but over themselves.
Mary WollstonecraftTags: empowerment equality gender power women freedom independence dignity women-s-rights
But what a weak barrier is truth when it stands in the way of an hypothesis!
Mary WollstonecraftSimplicity and sincerity generally go hand in hand, as both proceed from a love of truth.
Mary WollstonecraftFriendship is a serious affection; the most sublime of all affections, because it is founded on principle, and cemented by time.
Mary WollstonecraftThe beginning is always today.
Mary WollstonecraftIt is time to effect a revolution in female manners - time to restore to them their lost dignity - and make them, as a part of the human species, labour by reforming themselves to reform the world. It is time to separate unchangeable morals from local manners.
Mary WollstonecraftTags: empowerment gender women morality manners feminism misogyny hypocrisy stereotypes double-standards clichés dignity reform social-norms
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