The mind will ever be unstable that has only prejudices to rest on, and the current will run with destructive fury when there are no barriers to break its force.
Mary Wollstonecraft
Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792), chapter 2; Complete sentence, with its second clause retained. Chapter opening read: she argues against keeping women in ignorance and for developing their reason. Public-domain original English; distinct from earlier friendship quotation.
- A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792), chapter 2
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