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Children, I grant, should be innocent; but when the epithet is applied to men, or women, it is but a civil term for weakness.
Mary Wollstonecraft
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"Children, I grant, should be innocent; but when the epithet is applied to men, or women, it is but a civil term for weakness."
— Mary Wollstonecraft

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Children, I grant, should be innocent; but when the epithet is applied to men, or women, it is but a civil term for weakness. — Mary Wollstonecraft

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Mary Wollstonecraft was a Writer from Kingdom of Great Britain (1759–1797).

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This quote is attributed to Mary Wollstonecraft, a Writer from Kingdom of Great Britain.
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Mary Wollstonecraft lived from 1759 – 1797.