Women are not so well united as to form an Insurrection. They are for the most part wise enough to love their Chains, and to discern how becomingly they fit.
Mary AstellNor can the Apostle mean that Eve only sinned; or that she only was Deceived, for if Adam sinned willfully and knowingly, he became the greater Transgressor.
Mary AstellThe scum of the People are most Tyrannical when they get the Power, and treat their Betters with the greatest Insolence.
Mary Astell