Mary Astell Quote

Fetters of gold are still fetters, and the softest lining can never make them so easy as liberty.


An Essay in Defence of the Female Sex (1696)


Fetters of gold are still fetters, and the softest lining can never make them so easy as liberty.

Fetters of gold are still fetters, and the softest lining can never make them so easy as liberty.

Fetters of gold are still fetters, and the softest lining can never make them so easy as liberty.

Fetters of gold are still fetters, and the softest lining can never make them so easy as liberty.