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When a man seduces a woman, it should, I think, be termed a left-handed marriage.
Mary Wollstonecraft
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Mary Wollstonecraft
Age: 38 †
Born: 1759
Born: April 27
Died: 1797
Died: September 10
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Independence I have long considered as the grand blessing of life, the basis of every virtue and independence I will ever secure by contracting my wants, though I were to live on a barren heath.
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I do earnestly wish to see the distinction of sex confounded in society, unless where love animates the behaviour.
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Situation seems to be the mould in which men's characters are formed.
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My husband - my king.
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Fondness is a poor substitute for friendship.
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