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"Although it has been said by men of more wit than wisdom, and perhaps more malice than either, that women are naturally incapable of acting prudently, or that they are necessarily determined to folly, I must by no means grant it."
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"It is by a mathematical point only that we are wise, as the sailor or fugitive slave keeps the polestar in his eye; but that is sufficient guidance for all our life. We may not arrive at our port within a calculable period, but we would preserve the true course."
"The intelligent are candles, the virtuous are torches, the wise are lamps, and the enlightened are stars."
"Because of ignorance and negligence we lost the most precious value-life."
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"We may not commit a lesser Sin under pretence to avoid a greater, but we may, nay we ought to endure the greatest Pain and Grief rather than commit the least Sin."
"None of us whether Men or Women but have so good an Opinion of our own Conduct as to believe we are fit, if not to direct others, at least to govern our selves."
"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."
"Upon the principles of reason, the good of many is preferable to the good of a few or of one; a lasting good is to be preferred before a temporary, the public before the private."
"The scum of the People are most Tyrannical when they get the Power, and treat their Betters with the greatest Insolence."
"Women need not take up with mean things, since (if they are not wanting to themselves) they are capable of the best."
"But, alas! what poor Woman is ever taught that she should have a higher Design than to get her a Husband?"
"That which has not a real excellency and value in it self, entertains no longer than the giddy Humour which recommended it to us holds."
"Whilst our Hearts are violently set upon any thing, there is no convincing us that we shall ever be of another Mind."
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