Quotes by : Lady Sophia Fermor

IT is enough for the Men to find a thing establish'd to make them believe it well grounded. In all countries....

I think it evidently appears, that there is no science, office, or dignity, which Women have not an equal....

We must be at least as well qualified as [Men] to teach the sciences; and if we are not seen in university....

why it shou'd create more surprise, to see [a lady] preside in a council of war, than in a council of....

The Men, who have taken care to engross the affairs of Religion, as well as others, to their own management,....

(...) How many ladies have there been, and still are, who deserve place among the learned; and who are....

the many absurd notions the Men are led into by custom: Tho' there is none more absurd, than that of....

If from immemorable time, the Men had been so little envious, and so very impartial, as to do justice....

(...) It is far from being true that all Women want courage, strength, or conduct to lead an army to....

the Men, biased by custom, prejudice, and interest, have presumed boldly to pronounce sentence in their....