Mary Wollstonecraft Quotes about Character

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Taught from their infancy that beauty is woman's sceptre, the mind shapes itself to the body, and, roaming round its gilt cage, only seeks to adorn its prison. Men have various employments and pursuits which engage

Taught from their infancy that beauty is woman's sceptre, the mind shapes itself to the body, and, roaming round its gilt cage, only seeks to adorn its prison. Men have various employments and pursuits which engage their attention, and give a character to the opening mind; but women, confined to one, and having their thoughts constantly directed to the most insignificant part of themselves, seldom extend their views beyond the triumph of the hour.

Mary Wollstonecraft

Women, Character, Views

A Vindication of the Rights of Woman ch. 3 (1792)

Situation seems to be the mould in which men's characters are formed.

Mary Wollstonecraft

Character, Men, Mould

Mary Wollstonecraft (2014). “Letters Written in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark”, p.217, Restless Books

An air of fashion, which is but a badge of slavery ... proves that the soul has not a strong individual character.

Mary Wollstonecraft

Fashion, Strong, Character

Mary Wollstonecraft, Philip Barnard, Stephen Shapiro (2013). “A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: Abridged with Related Texts”, p.16, Hackett Publishing

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.

Mary Wollstonecraft

Courage, Character, Men

Letters Written During a Short Residence in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark Letter 19 (1796)

The flexible muscles growing daily more rigid give character to the countenance ; that is, they trace the operations of the mind with the iron pen of fate, and tell us not only what powers are within, but how they have been employed.

Mary Wollstonecraft

Character, Fate, Destiny

Mary Wollstonecraft (2015). “A Vindication of the Rights of Woman”, p.86, Booklassic

Men and women must be educated, in a great degree, by the opinions and manners of the society they live in. In every age there has been a stream of popular opinion that has carried all before it, and given a family character, as it were, to the century. It may then fairly be inferred, that, till society be differently constituted, much cannot be expected from education.

Mary Wollstonecraft

Character, Men, Age

Mary Wollstonecraft (2013). “Vindication of the Rights of Women”, p.18, Lulu.com