“Ignorance and a narrow education lay the foundation of vice, and imitation and custom rear it up.”
— Mary Astell
Author: Mary Astell
Category: education
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Every one knows, that the mind will
“Every one knows, that the mind will not be kept from contemplating what it loves in the midst of crowds and business. Hence come those frequent absences, so observable in conversation; for whilst the body is confined to present company, the mind is flown to that which it delights in.”
— Mary Astell
Author: Mary Astell
Category: business
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Hitherto I have courted Truth with a
“Hitherto I have courted Truth with a kind of Romantick Passion, in spite of all Difficulties and Discouragements: for knowledge is thought so unnecessary an Accomplishment for a Woman, that few will give themselves the Trouble to assist us in the Attainment of it.”
— Mary Astell
Author: Mary Astell
Category: knowledge
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