Quotes Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

A king is always a king - and a woman always a woman: his au...

A slavish bondage to parents cramps every faculty of the min...

And now, once again, I bid my hideous progeny go forth and p...

But I am a blasted tree; the bolt has entered my soul; and I...

Elegance is inferior to virtue....

Every political good carried to the extreme must be producti...

I am very averse to bringing myself forward in print, but as...

I do not wish them to have power over men, but over themselv...

I do not wish women to have power over men; but over themsel...

I shall live to improve myself, to take care of my child and...

Invention, it must be humbly admitted, does not consist in c...

Invention, it must be humbly admitted, does not consist in c...

Invention, it must be humbly admitted, does not consist of c...

It is a farce to call any being virtuous whose virtues do no...

It is hardly surprising that women concentrate on the way th...

It is hardly surprising that women concentrate on the way th...

It is justice, not charity, that is wanting in the world....

Life and death appeared to me ideal bounds, which I should f...

Life is obstinate and clings closest where it is most hated....

My dreams were all my own; I accounted for them to nobody; t...

My dreams were at once more fantastic and agreeable than my ...

Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a ste...

Teach him to think for himself? Oh, my God, teach him rather...

The agony of my feelings allowed me no respite; no incident ...

The same energy of character which renders a man a daring vi...