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I think I love most people best when they are in adversity for pity is one of my prevailing passions.
Mary Wollstonecraft
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Mary Wollstonecraft
Age: 38 †
Born: 1759
Born: April 27
Died: 1797
Died: September 10
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It is justice, not charity, that is wanting in the world.
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I think schools, as they are now regulated, the hot-beds of vice and folly, and the knowledge of human nature supposedly attained there, merely cunning selfishness.
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Simplicity and sincerity generally go hand in hand, as both proceed from a love of truth.
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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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