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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To plead for the Oppress'd and to defend the Weak seem'd to me a generous undertaking; for tho' it may be secure, 'tis not always Honourable to run over to the strongest party.Mary Astell
We must Think what we Say, and Mean what we Profess.
Mary Astell
Women are not so well united as to form an Insurrection. They are for the most part wise enough to love their Chains, and to discern how becomingly they fit.
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The design of Rhetoric is to remove those Prejudices that lie in the way of Truth, to Reduce the Passions to the Government of Reasons; to place our Subject in a Right Light, and excite our Hearers to a due consideration of it.
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Truth is strong, and sometime or other will prevail.
Mary Astell
Your glass will not do you half so much service as a serious reflection on your own minds.
Mary Astell
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