We are tomorrow's past.

Quote by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

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But I am a blasted tree; the bolt has entered my soul; and I felt...

But I am a blasted tree; the bolt has entered my soul; and I felt...

Elegance is inferior to virtue.

Elegance is inferior to virtue.

And now, once again, I bid my hideous progeny go forth and prosper. I have...

And now, once again, I bid my hideous progeny go forth and prosper. I have...

Invention, it must be humbly admitted, does not consist of creating out of void, but...

Invention, it must be humbly admitted, does not consist of creating out of void, but...

Every political good carried to the extreme must be productive of evil.

Every political good carried to the extreme must be productive of evil.

A king is always a king - and a woman always a woman: his authority...

A king is always a king - and a woman always a woman: his authority...

Every political good carried to the extreme must be productive of evil.

Every political good carried to the extreme must be productive of evil.

A slavish bondage to parents cramps every faculty of the mind.

A slavish bondage to parents cramps every faculty of the mind.

It is justice, not charity, that is wanting in the world.

It is justice, not charity, that is wanting in the world.

He that defers his charity until he is dead is, if a man weighs it...

He that defers his charity until he is dead is, if a man weighs it...

Charity and pride have different aims, yet both feed the poor

Charity and pride have different aims, yet both feed the poor

Charity isn't a good substitute for justice

Charity isn't a good substitute for justice

If not us, who? If not now, when?

If not us, who? If not now, when?

What you give for the cause of charity in health is gold; what you give...

What you give for the cause of charity in health is gold; what you give...

Affectation hides three times as many virtues as charity does sins

Affectation hides three times as many virtues as charity does sins

Charity sees the need, not the cause

Charity sees the need, not the cause

In charity to all mankind, bearing no malice or ill will to any human being,...

In charity to all mankind, bearing no malice or ill will to any human being,...

Be charitable and indulgent to everyone but thyself.

Be charitable and indulgent to everyone but thyself.

Capital punishment is as fundamentally wrong as a cure for crime as charity is wrong...

Capital punishment is as fundamentally wrong as a cure for crime as charity is wrong...

Charity degrades those who receive it and hardens those who dispense it.

Charity degrades those who receive it and hardens those who dispense it.

It's not your client's obligation, or your obligation, to prove your client's innocence. It is...

It's not your client's obligation, or your obligation, to prove your client's innocence. It is...