Top 3 Quotes & Sayings by Hannah Woolley

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an English writer Hannah Woolley.
Last updated on October 1, 2024.
Hannah Woolley

Hannah Woolley, sometimes spelled Wolley, was an English writer who published early books on household management; she was probably the first person to earn a living doing this.

English - Writer | 1622 - 1675
Put not your Knife to your mouth unless it be to eat an Egge. — © Hannah Woolley
Put not your Knife to your mouth unless it be to eat an Egge.
The right of education of the female sex, as it is in a manner everywhere neglected, so it ought to be generally lamented. Most in this depraved later age think a woman learned and wise enough if she can distinguish her husband's bed from another's.
Vain man is apt to think we were merely intended for the world's propagation and to keep its human inhabitants sweet and clean; but, by their leaves, had we the same literature he would find our brains as fruitful as our bodies.
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