What did Mary Astell mean by: Your glass will not do you half so much service as a serious reflection on your own minds. - Mary Astell Philosopher · England Copy
+ The Span of Life is too short to be trifled away in unconcerning and unprofitable Matters. Feraz Zeid, January 3, 2024January 10, 2024, Mary Astell, Too Short, 0 - Mary Astell Philosopher · England
+ It is not the Head but the Heart that is the Seat of Atheism. Feraz Zeid, January 3, 2024January 10, 2024, Mary Astell, Atheism, Heart, Seats, 0 - Mary Astell Philosopher · England
+ Every Body has so good an Opinion of their own Understanding as to think their own way the best. Feraz Zeid, January 3, 2024January 10, 2024, Mary Astell, Body, 0 - Mary Astell Philosopher · England
+ How can a Man respect his Wife when he has a contemptible Opinion of her and her Sex? Feraz Zeid, January 3, 2024January 10, 2024, Mary Astell, Sex, Wife, 0 - Mary Astell Philosopher · England
+ Certain I am, that Christian Religion does no where allow Rebellion. Feraz Zeid, January 3, 2024January 10, 2024, Mary Astell, Christian, Uprising, 0 - Mary Astell Philosopher · England
+ He who will be just, must be forc’d to acknowledge, that neither Sex are always in the right. Feraz Zeid, January 3, 2024January 10, 2024, Mary Astell, Acknowledge, Sex, 0 - Mary Astell Philosopher · England
+ Ignorance and a narrow education lay the foundation of vice, and imitation and custom rear it up. Feraz Zeid, January 3, 2024January 10, 2024, Mary Astell, Foundation, Ignorance, Vices, 0 - Mary Astell Philosopher · England
+ Fetters of gold are still fetters, and the softest lining can never make them so easy as liberty. Feraz Zeid, January 3, 2024January 10, 2024, Mary Astell, Diversity, Justice, Liberty, 0 - Mary Astell Philosopher · England
Art is not a reflection of reality, it is the reality of a reflection. - Jean-Luc Godard Filmmaker · France
Watch yourself all your life in a mirror and you’ll see Death at work like bees in a glass hive. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
One mark of a second-rate mind is to be always telling stories. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Two quite opposite qualities equally bias our minds – habits and novelty. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
A mediocre mind thinks it writes divinely; a good mind thinks it writes reasonably. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Timorous minds are much more inclined to deliberate than to resolve. - Jean Francois Paul de Gondi Clergy · France
I didn’t mind my own company as a child; I was happy playing alone in the sandpit. - Michael Leunig Cartoonist · Australia
