All Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Quotes
It is justice, not charity, that is wanting in the world.
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
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The agony of my feelings allowed me no respite; no incident occurred from which my rage and misery could not extract its food.
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I am very averse to bringing myself forward in print, but as my account will only appear as an appendage to a former production, and as it will be confined to such topics as have connection with my authorship alone, I can hardly accuse myself of a personal intrusion.
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Teach him to think for himself? Oh, my God, teach him rather to think like other people!
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The same energy of character which renders a man a daring villain would have rendered him useful in society, had that society been well organized.
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My dreams were at once more fantastic and agreeable than my writings.
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My dreams were all my own; I accounted for them to nobody; they were my refuge when annoyed - my dearest pleasure when free.
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What terrified me will terrify others; and I need only describe the spectre which had haunted my midnight pillow.
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Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose - a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.
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I do not wish women to have power over men; but over themselves.
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The very winds whispered in soothing accents, and maternal Nature bade me weep no more.
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But I am a blasted tree; the bolt has entered my soul; and I felt then that I should survive to exhibit what I shall soon cease to be - a miserable spectacle of wrecked humanity, pitiable to others and intolerable to myself.
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It is hardly surprising that women concentrate on the way they look instead of what is in their minds since not much has been put in their minds to begin with.
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It is a farce to call any being virtuous whose virtues do not result from the exercise of it's own reason.
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