Quote by: Mary Wollstonecraft

Learn from me, if not by my precepts, then by my example, how dangerous is the pursuit of knowledge and how much happier is that man who believes his native town to be the world than he who aspires to be greater than his nature will allow.


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Author Bio


  • NameMary Wollstonecraft
  • DescriptionBritish writer and philosopher
  • BornApril 27, 1759
  • DiedSeptember 10, 1797
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionWriter; Translator; Philosopher; Historian; Novelist; Essayist