Mary Wollstonecraft quote: Women are degraded by the propensity to enjoy the present moment, and, at last, despise the freedom which they have ...

Women are degraded by the propensity to enjoy the present moment, and, at last, despise the freedom which they have not sufficient virtue to struggle to attain.

~ Mary Wollstonecraft ~

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Women are degraded by the propensity to enjoy the present moment, and, at last, despise the freedom ...

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