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...Neither the loftiness nor the lowliness of a person lies in the body
according to the sex, but in the perfection of conduct and virtues...one is happy who serves
the Virgin, who is above the angels.
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My ladies, see how these men accuse you of so many vices...Make liars of
them all by showing forth your virtue...
Christine de Pizan 1365? - 1429? |
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...so many men have attacked...the behavior of women...This does not come
from Nature...for no connection in the world is as strong as the great love which, through
the will of God, Nature places between a man and a woman.
Christine de Pizan 1365? - 1429? |