Quote#Freedom
She must be a fool with a witness, who can believe a man, proud and…
Quote byMary Astell · 1666–1731
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Reflection upon Marriage, as quoted in Astell: Political Writings, p. 44..
English (original)
She must be a fool with a witness, who can believe a man, proud and vain as he is, will lay his boasted authority, the dignity and prerogative of his sex, on moment at her feet, but in prospect of taking it up again to more advantage; he may call himself her slave a few days, but it is only in order to make her his all the rest of his life.
— Mary Astell
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