What did Mary Astell mean by: That Man indeed can never be good at heart, who is full of himself and his own Endowments. Mary Astell Philosopher · England Copy
If a Woman can neither Love nor Honour, she does ill in promising to Obey. Author, January 3, 2024January 1, 2025, Mary Astell, Honour, Love, Obedience, 0 Mary Astell Philosopher · England
If absolute sovereignty be not necessary in a State, how comes it to be so in a family? Author, January 3, 2024January 1, 2025, Mary Astell, Family, Sovereignty, State, 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
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
Ignorance and a narrow education lay the foundation of vice, and imitation and custom rear it up. Author, January 3, 2024January 1, 2025, Mary Astell, Education, Ignorance, Vice, 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
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
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
Appreciation of art is a moral erection, otherwise mere dilettantism. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
I believe that while art is always beyond morality, it is never above it. Read explanation Jennifer Stone Actress · USA
A party spirit betrays the greatest men to act as meanly as the vulgar herd. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
It is not badness, it is the absence of goodness, which, in Art as in Life, is so depressing. Freya Stark Explorer · United Kingdom
