The same energy of character which renders a man a daring villain would have rendered him useful in society, had that society been well organized.
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The agony of my feelings allowed me no respite; no incident occurred from which my rage and misery could not extract its food.Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
I am very averse to bringing myself forward in print, but as my account will only appear as an appendage to a former production, and as it will be confined to such topics as have connection with my authorship alone, I can hardly accuse myself of a personal intrusion.
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The very winds whispered in soothing accents, and maternal Nature bade me weep no more.
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I do not wish women to have power over men; but over themselves.
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What terrified me will terrify others; and I need only describe the spectre which had haunted my midnight pillow.
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If the study to which you apply yourself has a tendency to weaken your affections, and to destroy your taste for those simple pleasures in which no alloy can possibly mix, then that study is not befitting the human mind.
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