A Vindication of the Rights of Woman & A Vindication of the Rights of Men Quotes

“The being who can govern itself has nothing to fear in life; but if anything be dearer than its own respect, the price must be paid to the last farthing.”
― Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman & A Vindication of the Rights of Men: And A Vindication of the Rights of Men

“Would men but generously snap our chains, and be content with rational fellowship instead of slavish obedience, they would find us more observant daughters, more affectionate sisters, more faithful wives, more reasonable mothers—in a word, better citizens”
― Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman & A Vindication of the Rights of Men: And A Vindication of the Rights of Men

“...let them not expect to be valued when their beauty fades, for it is the fate of the fairest flowers to be admired and pulled to pieces by the careless hand that plucked them.”
― Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman & A Vindication of the Rights of Men: And A Vindication of the Rights of Men

“...whoever the devil finds idle he will employ. And what but habitual idleness can hereditary wealth and titles produce?”
― Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman & A Vindication of the Rights of Men: And A Vindication of the Rights of Men

“The passions of men have thus placed women on thrones; and, till mankind become more reasonable, it is to be feared that women will avail themselves of the power which they attain with the least exertion, and which is the most indisputable. They will smile, yes, they will smile, though told that--

In beauty's empire is no mean, And woman either slave or queen, Is quickly scorn'd when not ador'd”
― Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman & A Vindication of the Rights of Men: And A Vindication of the Rights of Men

“...who sacrifices pleasure when it is within the grasp, whose mind has not been opened and strengthened by adversity, or the pursuit of knowledge goaded on by necessity?
Happy is it when people have the cares of life to struggle with; for these struggles prevent their becoming a prey to enervating vices, merely from idleness!”
― Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman & A Vindication of the Rights of Men: And A Vindication of the Rights of Men

“The way lies before us, we must turn to the right or left; and he who will pass life away in bounding from one pleasure to another, must not complain if he neither acquires wisdom nor respectability of character”
― Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman & A Vindication of the Rights of Men: And A Vindication of the Rights of Men