Presence of mind, penetration,...

Presence of mind, penetration, fine observation, are the sciences of women; ability to avail themselves of these is their talent.

The passions are the voice of ...

The passions are the voice of the body.

Self-love is an instrument use...

Self-love is an instrument useful but dangerous; it often wounds the hand which makes use of it, and seldom does good without doing harm.

In the North the first words a...

In the North the first words are, Help me; in the South, Love me.

Not all the subtilties of meta...

Not all the subtilties of metaphysics can make me doubt a moment of the immortality of the soul, and of a beneficent Providence. I feel it, I believe it, I desire it, I hope it, and will defend it to my last breath.

Singing and dancing alone will...

Singing and dancing alone will not advance one in the world.
[Fr., Qui bien chante et bien danse fait un metier qui peu avance.]

I think we cannot too strongly...

I think we cannot too strongly attack superstition, which is the disturber of society; nor too highly respect genuine religion, which is the support of it.

One may live tranquilly in a d...

One may live tranquilly in a dungeon; but does life consist in living quietly?

Abstract truth is the eye of r...

Abstract truth is the eye of reason.

General abstract truth is the ...

General abstract truth is the most precious of all blessings; without it, man is blind; it is the eye of reason.

Sacrifice life to truth....

Sacrifice life to truth.

There is no folly of which a m...

There is no folly of which a man who is not a fool cannot get rid except vanity; of this nothing cures a man except experience of its bad consequences, if indeed anything can cure it.

The empire of woman is an empi...

The empire of woman is an empire of softness, of address, of complacency. Her commands are caresses, her menaces are tears.

The world is the book of women...

The world is the book of women. Whatever knowledge they may possess is more commonly acquired by observation than by reading.

A blue-stocking is the scourge...

A blue-stocking is the scourge of her husband, children, friends, servants, and every one.
[Fr., Une femme bel-esprit est le fleau de son mari, de ses enfants, de ses amis, de ses valets, et tout le monde.]

Every blue-stocking will remai...

Every blue-stocking will remain a spinster as long as there are sensible men on the earth.
[Fr., Toute fille lettree restera fille toute sa vie, quand il n'y aura que des hommes senses sur la terre.]

The world is woman's book.

The world is woman's book.
[Fr., Le monde est le livre des femmes.]

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Freedom is the power to choose...

Freedom is the power to choose our own chains

Everything is good as it comes...

Everything is good as it comes from the hands of the Maker of the world, but degenerates once it gets into the hands of man

Whoever blushes confesses guil...

Whoever blushes confesses guilt, true innocence never feels shame.