Mary Wollstonecraft Quotes:
Ocupation: Writer
Life: April 27, 1759 - September 10, 1797
Birthday: April 27
Death: September 10
Women deluded by these sentiments, sometimes boast of their weakness, cunningly obtaining power by playing on the weakness of men; and they may well glory in their illicit sway, for, like Turkish bashaws, they have more real power than their masters: but virtue is sacrificed to temporary gratifications, and the respectability of life to the triumph of an hour.
source: Mary Wollstonecraft (1796). “A vindication of the rights of woman: with strictures on political and moral subjects”, p.80
topic: Real, Men, May, Turkish, Weakness Of Man, Real Power
