It appears to me impossible that I should cease to exist, or that this active, restless spirit, equally alive to joy and sorrow, should be only organized dust.

Quote by Mary Wollstonecraft

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Make women rational creatures, and free citizens, and they will quickly become good wives; -...

Make women rational creatures, and free citizens, and they will quickly become good wives; -...

Strengthen the female mind by enlarging it, and there will be an end to blind...

Strengthen the female mind by enlarging it, and there will be an end to blind...

Surely something resides in this heart that is not perishable - and life is more...

Surely something resides in this heart that is not perishable - and life is more...

Learn from me, if not by my precepts, then by my example, how dangerous is...

Learn from me, if not by my precepts, then by my example, how dangerous is...

Men and women must be educated, in a great degree, by the opinions and manners...

Men and women must be educated, in a great degree, by the opinions and manners...

Slavery to monarchs and ministers, which the world will be long freeing itself from, and...

Slavery to monarchs and ministers, which the world will be long freeing itself from, and...

In fact, it is a farce to call any being virtuous whose virtues do not...

In fact, it is a farce to call any being virtuous whose virtues do not...

Independence I have long considered as the grand blessing of life, the basis of every...

Independence I have long considered as the grand blessing of life, the basis of every...

Nothing contributes so much to tranquilizing the mind as a steady purpose - a point...

Nothing contributes so much to tranquilizing the mind as a steady purpose - a point...

Where instinct fails, intellect must venture.

Where instinct fails, intellect must venture.

Intellectualism came very late to America. That's why Americans are so proud of it. I...

Intellectualism came very late to America. That's why Americans are so proud of it. I...

Advice to intellectuals: let no-one represent you.

Advice to intellectuals: let no-one represent you.

The intellectuals' chief cause of anguish are one another's works.

The intellectuals' chief cause of anguish are one another's works.

We really want to see how the idea of an intellectual action movie is received...

We really want to see how the idea of an intellectual action movie is received...

Don't ever let anybody teach you to think; it is the curse of the world.

Don't ever let anybody teach you to think; it is the curse of the world.

It was always said that the big distinction between the French and the English is...

It was always said that the big distinction between the French and the English is...

An intellectual is a man who doesn't know how to park a bike.

An intellectual is a man who doesn't know how to park a bike.

Intellectuals are too sentimental for me.

Intellectuals are too sentimental for me.

Intellectuals are not defined according to the jobs they do, but by the manner in...

Intellectuals are not defined according to the jobs they do, but by the manner in...

Censorship, like charity, should begin at home, but unlike charity, it should end there.

Censorship, like charity, should begin at home, but unlike charity, it should end there.