. . . he who only or chiefly chose for Beauty, will in a little Time find the same Reason for another Choice.
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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
How can a Man respect his Wife when he has a contemptible Opinion of her and her Sex?
Mary Astell
Truth is strong, and sometime or other will prevail.
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
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
Upon the principles of reason, the good of many is preferable to the good of a few or of one; a lasting good is to be preferred before a temporary, the public before the private.
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