What did Mary Astell mean by: If a Woman can neither Love nor Honour, she does ill in promising to Obey. Mary Astell Philosopher · England Copy
He who will be just, must be forc’d to acknowledge, that neither Sex are always in the right. Author, January 3, 2024January 1, 2025, Mary Astell, Equality, Gender, Justice, 0 Mary Astell Philosopher · England
Your glass will not do you half so much service as a serious reflection on your own minds. Author, January 3, 2024January 1, 2025, Mary Astell, Growth, Reflection, Self-awareness, 0 Mary Astell Philosopher · England
That Man indeed can never be good at heart, who is full of himself and his own Endowments. Author, January 3, 2024January 1, 2025, Mary Astell, Ego, Morality, Selfishness, 0 Mary Astell Philosopher · England
Every Body has so good an Opinion of their own Understanding as to think their own way the best. Author, January 3, 2024January 1, 2025, Mary Astell, Opinion, Superiority, Understanding, 0 Mary Astell Philosopher · England
How can a Man respect his Wife when he has a contemptible Opinion of her and her Sex? Author, January 3, 2024January 1, 2025, Mary Astell, Contempt, Respect, Sexism, 0 Mary Astell Philosopher · England
It is not the Head but the Heart that is the Seat of Atheism. Author, January 3, 2024January 1, 2025, Mary Astell, Atheism, Heart, 0 Mary Astell Philosopher · England
God is His own Design and End, and that there is no other Worthy of Him. Author, January 3, 2024January 1, 2025, Mary Astell, Design, End, Worthy, 0 Mary Astell Philosopher · England
Fetters of gold are still fetters, and the softest lining can never make them so easy as liberty. Author, January 3, 2024January 1, 2025, Mary Astell, Freedom, Materialism, Restriction, 0 Mary Astell Philosopher · England
I only fear the death of others. For me, true death is that of the people I love Jean Cocteau Artist · France
I’m not willing just to be tolerated. That wounds my love of love and of liberty. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
If you cannot learn to love real art, at least learn to hate sham art and reject it. William Morris Designer · England
It is no more in our power to love always than it was not to love at all. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
