Famous Quotes | At school boys become gluttons...

At school boys become gluttons and slovens, and, instead of cultivating domestic affections, very early rush into the libertinism which destroys the constitution before it is formed; hardening the heart as it weakens the understanding. - Mary Wollstonecraft
Attribution: Mary Wollstonecraft (1759–1797), British feminist. A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, ch. 12 (1792). Of British boarding schools.

Categories: Education Of Males, Feminist, Sex

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