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Simplicity and sincerity generally go hand in hand, as both proceed from a love of truth.
Mary Wollstonecraft
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Mary Wollstonecraft
Age: 38 †
Born: 1759
Born: April 27
Died: 1797
Died: September 10
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The graceful ivy, clasping the oak that supported it, would form a whole in which strength and beauty would be equally conspicuous.
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Some women govern their husbands without degrading themselves, because intellect will always govern.
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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.
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