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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If God had not intended that Women shou'd use their Reason, He wou'd not have given them any, 'for He does nothing in vain.'Mary Astell
To all the rest of his Absurdities, (for vice is always unreasonable,) he adds one more, who expects that Vertue from another which he won't practise himself.
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We must Think what we Say, and Mean what we Profess.
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If none were to Marry, but Men of strict Vertue and Honour, I doubt the World would be but thinly peopled.
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The Steps to Folly as well as Sin are gradual, and almost imperceptible, and when we are once on the Decline, we go down without taking notice on't.
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If a Woman can neither Love nor Honour, she does ill in promising to Obey.
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