| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 65267 |
| QUOTATION: | Taught from their infancy that beauty is woman’s sceptre, the mind shapes itself to the body, and, roaming round its gilt cage, only seeks to adorn its prison. Men have various employments and pursuits which engage their attention, and give a character to the opening mind; but women, confined to one, and having their thoughts constantly directed to the most insignificant part of themselves, seldom extend their views beyond the triumph of the hour. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Mary Wollstonecraft (1759–1797), British feminist writer. A Vindication of the Rights of Women, ch. 3 (1792). |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| WORKS: | Wollstonecraft Collection. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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