Mary Astell Quote

How can you be content to be in the world like tulips in a garden, to make a fine show, and be good for nothing.


The first English feminist: reflections upon marriage and other writings (ed. 1986)


How can you be content to be in the world like tulips in a garden, to make a fine show, and be good for nothing.

How can you be content to be in the world like tulips in a garden, to make a fine show, and be good for nothing.

How can you be content to be in the world like tulips in a garden, to make a fine show, and be good for nothing.

How can you be content to be in the world like tulips in a garden, to make a fine show, and be good for nothing.