Unhappy is that Grandeur which makes us too great to be good; and that Wit which sets us at a distance from true Wisdom.


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

Mary Astell Quotes

Unhappy is that Grandeur which makes us too great to be good; and that Wit which sets us at a distance from true Wisdom.

Unhappy is that Grandeur which makes us too great to be good; and that Wit which sets us at a distance from true Wisdom.

Unhappy is that Grandeur which makes us too great to be good; and that Wit which sets us at a distance from true Wisdom.

Unhappy is that Grandeur which makes us too great to be good; and that Wit which sets us at a distance from true Wisdom.