Quotes by Christine de Pizan, The Selected Writings

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“Speak gently but look out for your rights.”

“These are my habits and the way I spend my life: studying literature.”

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“For this reason, it is well said that misfortune is sometimes good for something, for it teaches at the same time that it hurts.”
— Christine de Pizan, The Selected Writings
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“Speak gently but look out for your rights.”
— Christine de Pizan, The Selected Writings
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“What do you care if people talk? Those who talk cannot harm you. Why should you be worried? You should only think about those things that please you. You have only one life in this world: soon you'...”
— Christine de Pizan, The Selected Writings
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“These are my habits and the way I spend my life: studying literature.”
— Christine de Pizan, The Selected Writings
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“I do not consider my deeds or my knowledge to be a great thing. The only fact is and I can say this honestly that I love learning and a solitary life.”
— Christine de Pizan, The Selected Writings
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“... one could find plenty of intelligent women in the world if one were willing to look.”
— Christine de Pizan, The Selected Writings
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