Author: Mary Astell

Quotes

God is His own Design and End, and that there is no other Worthy of Him.

God is His own Design and End, and that there is no other Worthy of Him.

- Mary Astell

Women are not so well united as to form an Insurrection. They are for the most part wise enough to love their Chains, and to discern how becomingly they fit.

Women are not so well united as to form an Insurrection. They are for the most part wise enough to love their Chains, and to discern how becomingly they fit.

- Mary Astell

Marry for Love, an Heroick Action, which makes a mighty noise in the World, partly because of its rarity, and partly in regard of its extravagancy.

Marry for Love, an Heroick Action, which makes a mighty noise in the World, partly because of its rarity, and partly in regard of its extravagancy.

- Mary Astell

The Span of Life is too short to be trifled away in unconcerning and unprofitable Matters.

The Span of Life is too short to be trifled away in unconcerning and unprofitable Matters.

- Mary Astell

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

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

- Mary Astell

None of God's Creatures absolutely consider'd are in their own Nature Contemptible; the meanest Fly, the poorest Insect has its Use and Vertue.

None of God's Creatures absolutely consider'd are in their own Nature Contemptible; the meanest Fly, the poorest Insect has its Use and Vertue.

- Mary Astell

If a Woman can neither Love nor Honour, she does ill in promising to Obey.

If a Woman can neither Love nor Honour, she does ill in promising to Obey.

- Mary Astell

For certainly there cannot be a higher pleasure than to think that we love and are beloved by the most amiable and best Being.

For certainly there cannot be a higher pleasure than to think that we love and are beloved by the most amiable and best Being.

- Mary Astell

If all men are born free, how is it that all women are born slaves?

If all men are born free, how is it that all women are born slaves?

- Mary Astell

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