Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley quotes and words of wisdom

"From my birth I have aspired like the eagle ? but unlike the eagle, my wings have failed.... Congratulate me then that I have found a fitting scope for my powers."
Found in the topic Unsorted.

"Nothing contributes so much to tranquilizing the mind as a steady purpose ? a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye."
Found in the topic Intellect.

"I beheld the wretch?the miserable monster whom I had created."
Found in the topic Miser.

Interesting Quotes

There are two types of people--those who come into a room and say, "Well, here I am!" and those who come in and say, "Ah, there you are."Frederick L Collins

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