Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Quotes

You seek for knowledge and wisdom, as I once did; and I ardently hope that the gratification of your wishes may not be a serpent to sting you,as mine has been.

- Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

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Be men, or be more than men. Be steady to your purposes and firm as a rock. This ice is not made of such stuff as your hearts may be; it is mutable and cannot withstand you if you say that it shall not. - Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

I am very averse to bringing myself forward in print, but as my account will only appear as an appendage to a former production, and as it will be confined to such topics as have connection with my authorship alone, I can hardly accuse myself of a personal intrusion. - Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

I do not wish them to have power over men, but over themselves. - Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley