We must Think what we Say, and Mean what we Profess.
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God is His own Design and End, and that there is no other Worthy of Him.Mary Astell
Women need not take up with mean things, since (if they are not wanting to themselves) they are capable of the best.
Mary Astell
Marry for Love, an Heroick Action, which makes a mighty noise in the World, partly because of its rarity, and partly in regard of its extravagancy.
Mary Astell
For certainly there cannot be a higher pleasure than to think that we love and are beloved by the most amiable and best Being.
Mary Astell
If a Woman can neither Love nor Honour, she does ill in promising to Obey.
Mary Astell
That which has not a real excellency and value in it self, entertains no longer than the giddy Humour which recommended it to us holds.
Mary Astell
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