Mary Astell Design Quotes

What did Mary Astell say about Design?

Mary Astell has written many quotes about Design. E.g.,

• The design of Rhetoric is to remove those Prejudices that lie in the way of Truth, to Reduce the Passions to the Government of Reasons to place our Subject in a Right Light, and excite our Hearers to a due consideration of it.
• But, alas! what poor Woman is ever taught that she should have a higher Design than to get her a Husband?
• God is His own Design and End, and that there is no other Worthy of Him.

What are the top most famous Design quotes by Mary Astell?

Here are the top most famous quotes about Design by Mary Astell.

• The design of Rhetoric is to remove those Prejudices that lie in the way of Truth, to Reduce the Passions to the Government of Reasons to place our Subject in a Right Light, and excite our Hearers to a due consideration of it.
• But, alas! what poor Woman is ever taught that she should have a higher Design than to get her a Husband?
• God is His own Design and End, and that there is no other Worthy of Him.