Friendship is a serious affection; the most sublime of all affections, because it is founded on principle, and cemented by time.
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); Complete sentence in Wollstonecraft’s discussion of friendship, esteem and marriage; her own argument, not the quotations from other writers nearby. Public-domain original English.
- A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792)
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