Ignorance and a narrow education lay the foundation of vice, and imitation and custom rear it up.
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Certain I am, that Christian Religion does no where allow Rebellion.Mary Astell
We all agree that its fit to be as Happy as we can, and we need no Instructor to teach us this Knowledge, 'tis born with us, and is inseparable from our Being, but we very much need to be Inform'd what is the true Way to Happiness.
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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.'
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The scum of the People are most Tyrannical when they get the Power, and treat their Betters with the greatest Insolence.
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We may not commit a lesser Sin under pretence to avoid a greater, but we may, nay we ought to endure the greatest Pain and Grief rather than commit the least Sin.
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