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Margaret Cavendish
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Margaret Cavendish

philosopher, physicist, poet, writer, essayist, science fiction writer, lady-in-waiting

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1623  – 1673

Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne was an English philosopher, poet, scientist, fiction writer, and playwright. She was a prolific writer, publishing over 12 original texts under her name at a time when women were largely removed from publishing.

All Quotes by Margaret Cavendish

“And though my Lord hath lost his estate and been banished out of his country, yet neither despised poverty nor pinching necessity could make him break the bonds of friendship or weaken his loyal duty.”
— Margaret Cavendish
“And though my Lord hath lost his estate and been banished out of his country, yet neither despised poverty nor pinching necessity could make him break the bonds of friendship or weaken his loyal duty.”
— Margaret Cavendish
“If Atomes are as small, as small can bee,They must in quantity of Matter all agree.”
— Margaret Cavendish
“The spider-men came first, and presented her Majesty with a table full of mathematical points, lines and figures of all sorts of squares, circles, triangles, and the like; which the Empress, notwithstanding that she had a very ready wit, and quick apprehension, could not understand; but the more she endeavoured to learn, the more was she confounded”
— Margaret Cavendish
“Marriage is the grave or tomb of wit.”
— Margaret Cavendish
“Indeed, I was so afraid to dishonour my friends and family by my indiscreet actions, that I rather chose to be accounted a fool, than to be thought rude or wanton.”
— Margaret Cavendish