Mary Astell Quote

Ignorance and a narrow education lay the foundation of vice, and imitation and custom rear it up.


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


Ignorance and a narrow education lay the foundation of vice, and imitation and custom rear it up.

Ignorance and a narrow education lay the foundation of vice, and imitation and custom rear it up.

Ignorance and a narrow education lay the foundation of vice, and imitation and custom rear it up.

Ignorance and a narrow education lay the foundation of vice, and imitation and custom rear it up.