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

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Source : Mary Astell, Patricia Springborg (1996). “Astell: Political Writings”, p.57, Cambridge University Press

Mary Astell

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“As I was in the air, the ball took a bad hop and caromed behind me, but I was able to catch it with my bare hand. I hit the ground, bounced back up, and threw Burroughs out at first.”
“I think anxiety is dangerous, but it makes you think it's your friend.”
“I need to admit up front that I don't know how to have a fling. I'm not good at playing around and then saying good-bye. I'm throwing myself at your feet because I'm hoping for a shot at forever." Henry Jenkins/Mr. Nobley”
“Creativity healed me. I don't know that I could think of any word that I get more inspired by than the word healing.”
“Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.”
“Be a storehouse of happy memories.”
“Cold steel was not meant to be an after-dinner dessert!”
“If we break promises to God, shouldn't we be allowed an occasional violation of our word to our friends and superiors?”

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