Mary Astell

How can a Man respect his Wife when he has a contemptible Opinion of her and her Sex? ↗

— Mary Astell

#her #his #how #man #opinion

How can you be content to be in the world like tulips in a garden, to make a fine show, and be good for nothing. ↗

— Mary Astell

#fine #garden #good #how #like

If a Woman can neither Love nor Honour, she does ill in promising to Obey. ↗

— Mary Astell

#honour #ill #love #neither #nor

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.' ↗

— Mary Astell

#does #given #god #had #intended

If none were to Marry, but Men of strict Vertue and Honour, I doubt the World would be but thinly peopled. ↗

— Mary Astell

#honour #i #marry #men #none

Ignorance and a narrow education lay the foundation of vice, and imitation and custom rear it up. ↗

— Mary Astell

#education #foundation #ignorance #imitation #lay

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

#because #love #makes #marry #mighty

None of God's Creatures absolutely consider'd are in their own Nature Contemptible; the meanest Fly, the poorest Insect has its Use and Vertue. ↗

— Mary Astell

#consider #contemptible #creatures #fly #god

None of us whether Men or Women but have so good an Opinion of our own Conduct as to believe we are fit, if not to direct others, at least to govern our selves. ↗

— Mary Astell

#conduct #direct #fit #good #govern

Nor can the Apostle mean that Eve only sinned; or that she only was Deceived, for if Adam sinned willfully and knowingly, he became the greater Transgressor. ↗

— Mary Astell

#apostle #became #deceived #eve #greater