Mary Wollstonecraft Quotes About Parents

Quotes about: Parents

• The absurd duty, too often inculcated, of obeying a parent only on account of his being a parent, shackles the mind, and prepares it for a slavish submission to any power but reason.

  Mary Wollstonecraft

  Parent, Mind, Reason

  Mary Wollstonecraft (2015). “A Vindication of the Rights of Woman”, p.190, Booklassic

• To be a good mother, a woman must have sense, and that independence of mind which few women possess who are taught to depend entirely on their husbands. Meek wives are, in general, foolish mothers; wanting their children to love them best, and take their part, in secret, against the father, who is held up as a scarecrow.

  Mary Wollstonecraft

  Mother, Children, Husband

  Mary Wollstonecraft (2015). “A Vindication of the Rights of Woman”, p.188, Booklassic

• A slavish bondage to parents cramps every faculty of the mind

  Mary Wollstonecraft

  Parent, Mind, Bondage

  Mary Wollstonecraft (1796). “A vindication of the rights of woman: with strictures on political and moral subjects”, p.354

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