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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.

Mary Wollstonecraft

Nature

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Mary Wollstonecraft warns that seeking knowledge can lead to harm or unhappiness if it pushes a person beyond their natural limits. She suggests that someone content with their familiar surroundings may live a happier life than someone who tries to achieve more than what their true nature permits.

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