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

Doe, Ill, Honour

Mary Astell, Patricia Springborg (1996). “Astell: Political Writings”, p.50, Cambridge University Press

Unhappy is that Grandeur which makes us too great to be good; and that Wit which sets us at a distance from true Wisdom.

Distance, Unhappy, Wit

Mary Astell, Patricia Springborg (1996). “Astell: Political Writings”, p.34, Cambridge University Press

That which has not a real excellency and value in it self, entertains no longer than the giddy Humour which recommended it to us holds.

Real, Self, Humour

Mary Astell, Patricia Springborg (1996). “Astell: Political Writings”, p.42, Cambridge University Press

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