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Mary Astell

"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."

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"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."

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"No men are oftener wrong than those that can least bear to be so."

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"Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them."

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"The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good."

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"Many men are contemptuous of riches; few can give them away."

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"Genius: the superhuman in man."

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"Men exist for the sake of one another."

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"One man's ways may be as good as another's, but we all like our own best."

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"I will praise any man that will praise me."

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"When men come to like a sea-life, they are not fit to live on land."

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"A man should be upright, not be kept upright."

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Mary Astell
"'Tis very great pity that they who are so apt to over-rate themselves in smaller matters, shou'd, where it most concerns them to know, and stand upon their Value, be so insensible of their own worth."

Self-Awareness

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Mary Astell
"We ought as much as we can to endeavour the Perfecting of our Beings, and that we be as happy as possibly we may."

Self-Improvement

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Mary Astell
"How can you be content to be in the world like tulips in a garden, to make a fine show, and be good for nothing."

Content

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Mary Astell
"Whilst our Hearts are violently set upon any thing, there is no convincing us that we shall ever be of another Mind."

Mind

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Mary Astell
"The Soul debases her self, when she sets her affections on any thing but her creator."

Soul

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Mary Astell
"Ignorance and a narrow education lay the foundation of vice, and imitation and custom rear it up."

Education

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Mary Astell
"Truth is strong, and sometime or other will prevail."

Truth

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Mary Astell
"He who will be just, must be forc'd to acknowledge, that neither Sex are always in the right."

Sex

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Mary Astell
"Unhappy is that Grandeur which makes us too great to be good; and that Wit which sets us at a distance from true Wisdom."

Wisdom

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Mary Astell
"But, alas! what poor Woman is ever taught that she should have a higher Design than to get her a Husband?"

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